I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.

Awareness of death is the very bedrock of the entire path. Until you have developed this awareness, all other practices are obstructed.

I learn as much from a turtle as from a religious text.

A compassionate attitude helps you communicate more easily with your fellow human beings. As a result, you make more genuine friends and the atmosphere around you is more positive, which gives you greater inner strength. This inner strength helps you spontaneously concern yourself with others, instead of thinking only about yourself.

If we had to accept the idea of an independent creator, the explanations given in [several Buddhist texts] which completely refutes the existence per se of all phenomena, would be negated.

Genuine happiness comes from focusing on the happiness of others.

According to Buddhist psychology most of our troubles stem from attachment to things that we mistakenly see as permanent.