The most effective way to transform into higher consciousness is to pay attention in the present moment.

If you have a happy friend, your happiness goes up fifteen times.

It's hard enough to change ourselves. We can't expect other people to change so that we feel better. We have to take the journey ourselves.

The jihadists ideology cannot be wiped out with force much less killed. You know, unless we understand the root causes of this, we're going to perpetuate this violence over and over again.

Don't hold onto negative feelings by justifying why you are right and someone else is wrong.

It shapes my reality, where I was born, in two ways. One, I was burdened by the culture I was born in. And secondly, it gave me a context with which to actually see with wise eyes as well. So culture is both a burden as well as an opportunity for us to look at the world through eyes of wisdom.

Miracles happen every day. They bubble up from their hidden source, surround us with opportunities and disappear.