We live with many thoughts, emotions, and habits, but at the same time we have other eyes, another mind capable of watching all of these things. Those who practice self-cultivation find that mind; they live with it and they die with it.

Meditation is earnest prayer, and when prayer progresses, it becomes true meditation.

The energy of life entering and leaving your body flows evenly throughout the universe. With that current, the mind of the cosmos communicates with all things.

The key to meditation is to exist one hundred percent in the here and now.

In pursuit of a more natural life, perhaps we ought to sit a little less and sweat a little more.

I don't believe in greatness that is bestowed as a rare gift to a few lucky ones. Rather, I think all people have greatness inside them. It is just a matter of persistence--sticking to what you have envisioned until it is reality. I have a deep conviction that everyone, including you, has been given exactly the right set of gifts to fulfill some magnificent purpose in life. Greatness must simply be chosen. And if you choose it, it will happen.

To take another breath, we must first exhale. When we have breathed out and emptied our lungs, we can breathe in again.