If it shouldn't happen, it wouldn't happen.

Where does peace arise? Peace arises whenever we let something go.

The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.

Sati is life. Whenever we don't have sati, when we are heedless, it's as if we are dead.

Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool. All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things. You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still. This is the happiness of the Buddha.

When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.

If you haven't wept deeply, you haven't begun to meditate.