A truly happy person is someone who is joyfully independent of outer conditions.

"Wholeheartedly" means that we give our time, love, and energy unstintingly.

A truly happy person is someone who is joyfully independent of outer conditions.

Eventually we will find (mostly in retrospect, of course) that we can be very grateful to those people who have made life most difficult for us.

If we divide into two camps--even into violent and the nonviolent--and stand in one camp while attacking the other, the world will never have peace. We will always blame and condemn those we feel are responsible for wars and social injustice, without recognizing the degree of violence within ourselves. We must work on ourselves and also with those we condemn if we want to have a real impact.

If we want to be loved, we are looking for a support system. If we want to love, we are looking for spiritual growth.

To look for total satisfaction in oneself is a futile endeavor. Since everything changes from moment to moment, where can self and where can satisfaction be found? Everybody is unhappy simply because of unfilled desire. Everybody is looking for something that isn't available.