Connecting to the feelings in your body brings you back into present-moment awareness.

Don't you realize," Merlin said to his pupil, "that the history of the universe has brought us here to this second?

Forgiveness is attention without judgment. It heals the one who forgives and the one who is forgiven.

What other people think of you is not your business. If you start to make that business your business, you will be offended for the rest of your life.

Vegetarianism is a healthier diet.

Completely desist from defending your point of view. When you have no point to defend, you do not allow the birth of an argument. If you do this consistently - if you stop fighting and resisting - you will fully experience the present, which is a gift. Someone once told me, "The past is history, the future is a mystery, and this moment is a gift. That is why this moment is called 'the present'."

Happiness is the ultimate goal...The mistake we make is not going for happiness first. If we did, everything else would follow.