The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds.

Without your own effort it is impossible for blessings to come.

As our own peace of mind grows, so the atmosphere around us becomes more peaceful.

If we choose an external marker as the measure of our inner worth, whether it is the amount of money we make, or others' opinion of us, or the success of some project we're involved in, sooner or later we're bound to be battered by life's inevitable changes. After all, money comes and goes, and thus is an unstable source of self-esteem, an unreliable foundation upon which to build our identity.

Everybody loves to talk about calmness and peace, whether in a family, national, or international context, but without inner peace how can we make real peace? World peace through hatred and force is impossible.

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

The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.