In my childhood, I had a religious assistant who always told me, if you can really laugh with full abandonment, it's very good for your health.

A sense of concern for others gives our lives meaning; it is the root of all human happiness

Friends, genuine friends, have much more to do with whether we have a warm heart, not money or power.

The process of dying begins with the dissolution of the elements within the body. It has eight stages, beginning with the dissolution of the earth element, then the water, fire and windelements. The color: appearance of a white vision, increase of the red element, black near-attainment, and finally the clear light of death.

Everybody wants a happy life and a peaceful mind, but we have to produce peace of mind through our own practice.

I find that because of modern technological evolution and our global economy, and as a result of the great increase in population, our world has greatly changed: it has become much smaller. However, our perceptions have not evolved at the same pace; we continue to cling to old national demarcations and the old feelings of 'us' and 'them'.

Soul is at home in the deep, shaded valleys. Heavy torpid flowers saturated with black grow there. The rivers flow like warm syrup. They empty into huge oceans of soul.