To occupy yourself with tasks that are useful to yourself and others, you can get your mind off your problems.

We are alive for a certain period of time in any given lifetime. We are competing against time. It is a race to see if we can wake up before we go to sleep again. That is the challenge.

Never get so stuck in being responsible and mindful that you can't let it all go and run off chasing your private dream, if it leads to the shiny worlds, the worlds of beauty.

The level of evolution in this world is not exactly high.

Life is learning how to deal with traffic. It requires patience, a good sense of timing, and sometimes not giving in to the traffic but reshaping your life.

Self-honesty is absolutely necessary in the practice of Buddhism.

A person of knowledge and power never goes out looking for battles. All their battles are within.