Ajahn Brahm Quotes

Love is not liking somebody. Anyone can do that. Love is loving things that sometimes you don't like.

Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes.

If you know how to let go and be at peace, you know everything you need to know about living in the world.

Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions

Why seek revenge? Karma is going to get the bastards anyway

The secret of life is... everything is out of control.

Understand the place of love in a spiritual life. A powerful and blissful type of love has no conditions, no ownership and no people involved. Be free from fear. Be who you are. That is love.

When the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart.

Peace is the most valuable commodity. And it's free!

Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.

Life is what's happening while you're worrying.

The selfless giving, the service, the kindness which you give out into this world that is the currency of (the) meaning (of life).

Fear is finding fault with the future.

Love, oneness, is no separation between you and life. It is a progressive letting go, a progressive not fault finding. Just do nothing and love this moment. Its very beautiful and very deep.

Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity in thinking.

When you have abandoned all past and future, it is as if you have come alive. You are here, mindful...the nature of all types of consciousness reveals itself.

My first meditation teacher told me that there is no such thing as a bad meditation. He was right. During the difficult meditations you build up your strength, which creates meditation for peace.

We should always be grateful for the faults in our partner because if they didn't have those faults from the start, they would have been able to marry someone much better than us