Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.

The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.

You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.

If we know how to create the energy of love, understanding, compassion, and beauty, then we can contribute a lot to the world.

If we are free from attachment, we can easily recognize ourselves in other people, in different forms of manifestation, and then we don't have to suffer.

You can only recognize your happiness against the background of suffering.

As children, Siddhartha and Jesus both realized that life is filled with suffering. The Buddha became aware at an early age that suffering is pervasive. Jesus must have had the same kind of insight, because they both made every effort to offer a way out. We, too, must learn to live in ways that reduce the world's suffering.