Quotes from Henepola Gunaratana

Meditation changes your character.

Civilization changes man on the outside. Meditation softens him within, through and through.

When you have learned compassion for yourself, compassion for others is automatic.

Each step along the Buddha's path to happiness requires practising mindfulness until it becomes part of your daily life.

Don't cling to anything and don't reject anything.

Let come what comes, and accommodate yourself to that, whatever it is. If good mental images arise, that is fine. If bad mental images arise, that is fine, too. Look on all of it as equal, and make yourself comfortable with whatever happens.

Whatever attitudes we habitually use toward ourselves, we will use on others, and whatever attitudes we habitually use toward others, we will use on ourselves.

By silencing the mind, we can experience real peace. As long as various kinds of thoughts agitate the brain, we don't experience 100 percent peace.