The real essentials of life - compassion, kindness, good will, forgiveness - are what is fundamental to living as a true human being.

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.

Everything beautiful has to be worked for.

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.

The real essentials of life - compassion, kindness, good will, forgiveness - are what is fundamental to living as a true human being.

Instead of looking at difficulties as deprivations, we can learn to recognize them as opportunities for deepening and widening our love.

Whenever you are angry or afraid, nervous or worried or resentful, repeat the mantram until the agitation subsides. The mantram works to steady the mind, and all these emotions are power running against you, which the mantram can harness and put to work for you.