If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper. Without a cloud, there will be no rain; without rain, the trees cannot grow; and without trees, we cannot make paper. The cloud is essential for the paper to exist. If the cloud is not here, the sheet of paper cannot be here either. So we can say that the cloud and the paper inter-are.

Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.

Breathe and you dwell in the here and now, breath and you see impermanence is life.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

If we can not smile, we cannot help other people to smile.

We all need a place that is safe and wholesome enough for us to return for refuge. In Buddhism, that refuge is mindfulness.

Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn't mean not talking and not doing things; it means that you are not disturbed inside. If you're truly silent, then no matter what situation you find yourself in you can enjoy the silence.