With total discipline we can solve all problems.

By far the most important form of attention we can give our loved ones is listening... True listening is love in action.

With total discipline we can solve all problems.

Listening well is an exercise of attention and by necessity hard work. It is because they do not realize this or because they are not willing to do the work that most people do not listen well.

Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and wisdom.

Let me simply state that it is wrong to regard any other human being, a priori, as an object, or an 'It.' This is so because each and every human being - you, every friend, every stranger, every foreigner - is precious.

But for the first time, I had a religious identity. I had come home. And so I called myself a Zen Buddhist at the age of 18.