When someone at peace and free from hurry enters a room, that person has a calming effect on everyone present.

Imagine a hot tub for the mind. That is what meditation is; it can bathe your mind in relaxing thoughts.

Wisdom may be perennial, but to see its relevance we must see it lived out.

Patience can't be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it.

I like to remind my friends frequently how short life is. This is the important message of death: not a day to waste, not a day to quarrel, not a day to brood upon yourself. This is not losing the joy of life; this is gaining the joy of life.

Nothing really worth having comes quickly and easily. If it did, I doubt that we would ever grow.

This is the central principle of meditation: we become what we meditate on.