I know a lot of wealthy people in West Los Angeles. Money doesn't necessarily make you happy.

What we do outwardly will only interrupt the flow of our perfect attention is it is not in harmony with the dharma.

I leaned from my friends in school. I had lots of friends; yet I was very indrawn.

Observe your actions but be so busy that you never contemplate their possible effects. It is only this consciousness that leads to liberation. Everything else is illusion.

A reverence for life needs to be developed, in which all things are sacred.

In my adolescence, love, as I think for most of us, was a tremendous focus. I wanted to find the perfect partner. I did and married her.

I would encourage you to follow the pathway to enlightenment, to learn to meditate, to practice mindfulness, and not to really care what anybody thinks about you, including yourself.