The more we want certain situations, the more we find ourself stuck in situations we do not want.

Love is the real nuclear bomb that destroys all our enemies, because when we love all living beings, we have no enemies.

One of the most common ways of not acknowledging our faults is to blame others.

We are all interconnected in a web of kindness from which it is impossible to separate ourself.

A practice that is suitable for one person is not necessarily suitable for someone else, and a practice that is appropriate for one person at one time is not necessarily appropriate for that same person at another time. Buddha did not expect us to put all his teachings into practice right away--they are intended for a great variety of practitioners of different levels and dispositions.

The moment we let go of our obsessive concern for our own welfare, our mind naturally relaxes and becomes lighter.

The cause of happiness and the solution to our problems do not lie in knowledge of material things. Happiness and suffering are states of mind, and so their main causes cannot be found outside the mind. If we want to be truly happy and free from suffering, we must learn how to control our mind.