Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.

Whatever we have done, we can always make amends for it without ever looking back in guilt or sorrow.

When we go slower, we are more patient and when we are more patient we have a choice in how we respond.

Today, everything I do from morning meditation on - eating breakfast, going for a walk, writing, reading, even recreation - is governed by one purpose only: how to give the very best account of my life that I can in the service of all.

Meditation is warm-up exercise for the mind, so that you can jog through the rest of the day without getting agitated or spraining your patience.

Don't think the purpose of meditation is to go deep into consciousness, wrap a blanket around yourself, and say, 'How cozy! I'm going to curl up in here by myself; let the world burn.' Not at all. We go deep into meditation so that we can reach out further and further to the world outside.

Lasting change happens when people see for themselves that a different way of life is more fulfilling than their present one.