Ajahn Brahm

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

— Ajahn Brahm

Complaining is finding faults, wisdom is finding solutions

— Ajahn Brahm

My first meditation teacher told me that there is no such thing as a bad meditation. He was right. During the difficult…

— Ajahn Brahm

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

— Ajahn Brahm

Love, oneness, is no separation between you and life. It is a progressive letting go, a progressive not fault finding. Just do…

— Ajahn Brahm

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

— Ajahn Brahm

“Another simile is that of the man who was born and raised in a prison and who has never set foot outside.…

— Ajahn Brahm

How many times have you tried to solve “the problem”? you’ll be trying to solve it not just until you die but…

— Ajahn Brahm

Understand the place of love in a spiritual life. A powerful and blissful type of love has no conditions, no ownership and…

— Ajahn Brahm

“We should always be grateful for the faults in our partner because if they didn't have those faults from the start, they…

— Ajahn Brahm

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

— Ajahn Brahm

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

— Ajahn Brahm

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

— Ajahn Brahm

“Better lite a candle than complain about the darkness”

— Ajahn Brahm

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

— Ajahn Brahm

What are people searching for in life? God. In the christian scriptures, it says 'Be still and know you are God.' What…

— Ajahn Brahm

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

— Ajahn Brahm

“Tugovati znači vidjeti samo ono što vam je oduzeto. Slavljenje života znači prepoznati sve čime smo blagoslovljeni i osjećati zahvalnost.”

— Ajahn Brahm

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

— Ajahn Brahm

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

— Ajahn Brahm

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

— Ajahn Brahm

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

— Ajahn Brahm

When life is good do not take it for granted as it will pass. Be mindful, be compassionate and nurture the circumstances…

— Ajahn Brahm

Fear is finding fault with the future.

— Ajahn Brahm

Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires. It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it…

— Ajahn Brahm