Chinese landscape paintings often include tiny figures - as if to emphasize the grandeur of nature of which humankind is one small part. Think of the world in these terms, as larger in scale than the human. This is a healthy corrective to the commonplace view that people own the land, which exists to serve their purposes. Think big and live small.

I hope you find, as I did, that happiness comes from noticing and enjoying the little things in life.

A true smile is when the mouth and the heart coordinate with each other.

Accept periods of suffering with gratitude, knowing that suffering can teach you very important lessons.

Everyone gets the same twenty-four hours in a day, the difference is how you use it.

See yourself as a small child, fragile and vulnerable, and breathe in. Smile with love to this small child within yourself, and breathe out.

Happiness need not be analyzed.