Honestly admitting what you lost and not trying to rationalize it or push it off is an important step in self-assessment and mindfulness.

Reading books about enlightenment does not make you enlightened at all. You have to meditate yourself.

Buddhists understand that today and all other days have turned out the way they have because of karma. The interconnection of one moment with another moment, of one action with another action, is karma.

I have several Scottish Terriers. I find them to be the most wonderful dogs.

Overcoming fear has nothing to do with abandoning common sense. We retain our common sense, but we lose that emotion that is fear.

People are taught to fear god. They are taught to fear everything. It has become such a natural state that no one questions it.

Focus on this moment. Hold your hand and see what it feels like. Go look at some grass. Talk to a palm tree. Outrun a Ferrari. Experience life.