--- title: "19 Love Quotes By Ajahn Chah" description: "19 Love quotes by Ajahn Chah. Plus more from Ajahn Chah and more Love sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f96/ajahn-chah-4829_decision_at-some-point-your-heart-will-tell-itsel_2295020.png" --- > [At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/at-some-point-your-heart-will-tell-itself-what-to-do/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f96/ajahn-chah-4829_decision_at-some-point-your-heart-will-tell-itsel_2295020.png) > [When the heart truly understands, it lets go of everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/when-the-heart-truly-understands-it-lets-go-of-everything/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f3/ajahn-chah-4829_heart_when-the-heart-truly-understands-it-lets_510128.png) > [We protect virtue so that virtue will protect us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/we-protect-virtue-so-that-virtue-will-protect-us/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a4/ajahn-chah-4829_character_we-protect-virtue-so-that-virtue-will-pr_1171880.png) > [If we see suffering then we don't have suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/if-we-see-suffering-then-we-don-t-have-suffering/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/ajahn-chah-4829_funny_if-we-see-suffering-then-we-don-t-have-s_2768855.png) > [The one who recognizes the uncertainty of phenomena is the Dharma within you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/the-one-who-recognizes-the-uncertainty-of-phenomena-is-the-dharma/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a50/ajahn-chah-4829_dharma_the-one-who-recognizes-the-uncertainty-o_1831038.png) > [Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/where-does-peace-arise-peace-arises-whenever-we-let-something-go/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/125/ajahn-chah-4829_arise_where-does-peace-arise-peace-arises-when_704674.png) > [If you haven't wept deeply, you haven't begun to meditate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/if-you-haven-t-wept-deeply-you-haven-t-begun-to-meditate/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/ajahn-chah-4829_buddhist_if-you-haven-t-wept-deeply-you-haven-t-b_1821443.png) > [If you haven't cried deeply a number of times, your meditation hasn't really begun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/if-you-haven-t-cried-deeply-a-number-of-times-your-meditation-hasn-t/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/368/ajahn-chah-4829_cried_if-you-haven-t-cried-deeply-a-number-of_2661453.png) > [To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, 'Don't cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/to-define-buddhism-without-a-lot-of-words-and-phrases-we-can-simply/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3eb/ajahn-chah-4829_actuality_to-define-buddhism-without-a-lot-of-word_2427508.jpg) > [When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/when-sitting-in-meditation-say-that-s-not-my-business-with-every/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/ajahn-chah-4829_buddhism_when-sitting-in-meditation-say-that-s-no_216174.png) > [Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/letting-go-a-little-brings-a-little-peace-letting-go-a-lot-brings-a/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/924/ajahn-chah-4829_inspirational_letting-go-a-little-brings-a-little-peac_18462.jpg) > [Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/anything-which-is-troubling-you-anything-which-is-irritating-you-that/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d5/ajahn-chah-4829_education_anything-which-is-troubling-you-anything_93013.png) > [A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/a-madman-and-an-arahant-both-smile-but-the-arahant-knows-why-while/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7de/ajahn-chah-4829_funny_a-madman-and-an-arahant-both-smile-but-t_2763356.png) > [Mindfulness is life. Whenever we don’t have mindfulness, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/mindfulness-is-life-whenever-we-don-t-have-mindfulness-when-we-are/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64f/ajahn-chah-4829_funny_mindfulness-is-life-whenever-we-don-t-ha_20466.png) > [When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/when-we-see-beyond-self-we-no-longer-cling-to-happiness-and-when-we/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee0/ajahn-chah-4829_clinging_when-we-see-beyond-self-we-no-longer-cli_2057465.png) > [Do not be a bodhisattva, do not be an arahant, do not be anything at all. If you are a bodhisattva, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/do-not-be-a-bodhisattva-do-not-be-an-arahant-do-not-be-anything-at/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30b/ajahn-chah-4829_bodhisattva_do-not-be-a-bodhisattva-do-not-be-an-ara_2547346.png) > [If it shouldn't happen, it wouldn't happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/if-it-shouldn-t-happen-it-wouldn-t-happen/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81a/ajahn-chah-4829_funny_if-it-shouldn-t-happen-it-wouldn-t-happe_2690221.png) > [Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/why-are-we-born-we-are-born-so-that-we-will-not-have-to-be-born-again/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ce/ajahn-chah-4829_birth_why-are-we-born-we-are-born-so-that-we-w_1875249.png) > [If you let go completely you will have complete peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/if-you-let-go-completely-you-will-have-complete-peace/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/ajahn-chah-4829_completely_if-you-let-go-completely-you-will-have-c_1467180.png) ## Other authors on Love - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 897 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 883 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/ritu-ghatourey/) - [Jarod Kintz 743 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/jarod-kintz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 609 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rumi-81702.jpg) Rumi 547 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/rumi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 481 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/sunday-adelaja/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 423 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 409 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 396 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/cassandra-clare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-anurag-prakash-ray-38.jpg) Anurag Prakash Ray 372 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/anurag-prakash-ray/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rajneesh-77002.jpg) Rajneesh 368 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/rajneesh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mother-teresa-69278.jpg) Mother Teresa 306 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/mother-teresa/) ## More by Ajahn Chah > [If you have time to be mindful, you have time to meditate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/if-you-have-time-to-be-mindful-you-have-time-to-meditate/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/letting-go-a-little-brings-a-little-peace-letting-go-a-lot-brings-a/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [Mindfulness is life. Whenever we don’t have mindfulness, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/mindfulness-is-life-whenever-we-don-t-have-mindfulness-when-we-are/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [We don't meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/we-don-t-meditate-to-see-heaven-but-to-end-suffering/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed. In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/some-people-are-afraid-of-generosity-they-feel-they-will-be-taken/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/anything-which-is-troubling-you-anything-which-is-irritating-you-that/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [Know and watch your heart. It's pure but emotions come to colour it. So let your mind be like a tightly woven net to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/know-and-watch-your-heart-it-s-pure-but-emotions-come-to-colour-it-so/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/a-woman-wanted-to-know-how-to-deal-with-anger-i-asked-when-anger/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [Sati is life. Whenever we don't have sati, when we are heedless, it's as if we are dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/sati-is-life-whenever-we-don-t-have-sati-when-we-are-heedless-it-s-as/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [In practice, some come to see easily, some with difficulty. But whatever the case, never mind. Difficult or easy, the Buddha said not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/in-practice-some-come-to-see-easily-some-with-difficulty-but-whatever/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/when-sitting-in-meditation-say-that-s-not-my-business-with-every/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/proper-effort-is-not-the-effort-to-make-something-particular-happen/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another's word for it. We need to develop meditation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/regarding-this-dhamma-it-is-not-something-that-we-can-simply-talk/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [These days people don't search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living, raise families and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/these-days-people-don-t-search-for-the-truth-people-study-simply-in/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) > [Things are simply the way they are. They don't give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering? No. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/things-are-simply-the-way-they-are-they-don-t-give-us-suffering-like/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/ajahn-chah/#itemlist", "name": "19 Love Quotes By Ajahn Chah", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ajahn Chah" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/at-some-point-your-heart-will-tell-itself-what-to-do/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f96/ajahn-chah-4829_decision_at-some-point-your-heart-will-tell-itsel_2295020.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f96/ajahn-chah-4829_decision_at-some-point-your-heart-will-tell-itsel_2295020.png", 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