Humility does not mean believing oneself to be inferior, but to be freed from self-importance. It is a state of natural simplicity which is in harmony with our true nature and allows us to taste the freshness of the present moment.

Worries are pointless. If there's a solution, there's no need to worry. If no solution exists, there's no point to worry.

Envy and jealousy stem from the fundamental inability to rejoice at someone else's happiness or success

There is no such thing as good and bad in an absolute sense. There is only the good and bad- the harm in terms of happiness and suffering- that our thoughts and our actions do to ourselves and others.

If you want to know the future, look at what is in your mind

The ultimate reason for meditating is to transform ourselves in order to be better able to transform the world.

When hearing a door creak, the optimist thinks it's opening and the pessimist thinks it's closing.