You can't be at the same time a spiritual master and someone who is always angry. It doesn't work.

In the freshness of the present moment, past is gone, future is not yet born, and—if one remains in pure mindfulness and freedom—disturbing thoughts arise and go without leaving a trace. That is basic meditation.

The basic root of happiness lies in our minds; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable.

Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity, it is a state of being.

We try to fix the outside so much, but our control of the outer world is limited, temporary, and often, illusory.

By happiness I mean here a deep sense of flourishing that arises from an exceptionally healthy mind. This is not a mere pleasurable feeling, a fleeting emotion, or a mood, but an optimal state of being. Happiness is also a way of interpreting the world, since while it may be difficult to change the world, it is always possible to change the way we look at it.

We all have the ability to study the causes of suffering and gradually to free ourselves from them....it is not the magnitude of the task that matters, it's the magnitude of our courage.