Our intentions - noticed or unnoticed, gross or subtle contribute either to our suffering or to our happiness. Intentions are sometimes called seeds. The garden you grow depends on the seeds you plant and water. Long after a deed is done, the trace or momentum of the intention behind it remains as a seed, conditioning our future happiness or unhappiness.

When you meditate, don't think about what is happening. Rather, let your awareness be seated in the tender warmth you feel in your body. If you do this, any meditation practice you do will be fruitful.

Once you know your deepest wish you can base your life on intention rather than craving

Nothing whatsoever is worth the cost of a contracted heart.

Mindfulness, by helping us notice our impulses before we act, gives us the opportunity to decide whether to act and how to act

It can be easy to love all beings from a distance; it can be a great challenge when we have to live with them.

People who do not see their choices do not believe they have choices.