Go slowly, breathe and smile.

To take care of the environment, we must first take care of the environmentalist.

The practice of Zen is to eat, breathe, cook, carry water, and scrub the toilet — to infuse every act of body, speech, and mind — with mindfulness, to illuminate every leaf and pebble, every heap of garbage, every path that leads to our mind's return home.

By taking a look at your anger it can be transformed into the kind of energy that you need - understanding and compassion.

It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love.

It is possible that the next Buddha will not take the form of an individual. The next Buddha may take the form of a community -a community practicing understanding and loving kindness, a community practicing mindful living. This may be the most important thing we can do for the survival of the earth.

While drinking, while talking, while writing, while watering our garden, it's always possible to practice living in the here and the now.