Germany is a nation that created an enormous amount of suffering on the planet. The German people also themselves have suffered, because it always goes together.

I feel that I need to return to the pure stillness periodically. And then, when the teaching happens, just allow it to arise out of the stillness. So the teaching and stillness are very closely connected. The teaching arises out of the stillness. But when I'm alone, there's only the stillness, and that is my favorite place.

When work is no more than a means to an end, it cannot be of high quality.

The essence of every form is the deathless. Even the essence of a blade of grass is the deathless. And that's why the world of form is sacred.

If you are not taking responsibility for your state of consciousness, you are not taking responsibility for life.

Accept the present moment without judgement.

Tragedy turns into comedy when you watch your own drama and realizing it as a mind-created fiction designed to create you a sense of identity.