Transform our way of perceiving things, we transform the quality of our lives.

Let us live simply in the freshness of the present moment, in the clarity of pure awakened mind.

Too much involvement with one's feeling [is destructive]. If they have too much self-centered feelings, they get in trouble.

[Some of the people I'd met] were wonderful people as human beings, and some people were more difficult. I could not see a correlation between their particular genius in playing chess and music and mathematics, etc. ... with human qualities. Some were really good, wonderful people, and some were difficult characters, but there was no clear correlation. But when I met some spiritual masters, [I thought that] there had to be a correlation, and it turned out to be true.

[You] can dramatically change [your emotions] to be more altruistic, more loving, more compassionate, more attentive, and especially to have an inner sort of confidence and strength that you know that you have the resources to deal with whatever comes your way.

Isn't it the mind that translates the outer condition into happiness and suffering?

Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity; it is a state of being, a profound emotional balance struck by a subtle understanding of how the mind functions.