To be secure everywhere is the mark of sophistication, to be unshakable is the mark of courage, to be permanently in love with every person is the mark of masculinity or femininity, to forgive is the mark of strength, to govern our senses and passions is the mark of freedom.

I have never been able to understand the compelling phrase, 'keeping up with the Joneses.' It does not matter very much whether I keep up with Tom Jones or anybody else; what is important is to keep up with myself by making my today a little better than my yesterday.

When the mind is still, we can become an instrument of peace.

As we get deeper, we move closer and closer to other people; we feel closer to life as a whole.

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

An unhurried mind brings the capacity to make wise choices every day - choices of how we use our time, of where we place our resources and our love. I am not just talking about avoiding the rat race, but about a life full of an artistic beauty - a life that has almost vanished from modern civilization, but is quite within the reach of everyone.

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