I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath.
To make peace, our hearts must be at peace with the world.
I don't have to hate any person because I can always start anew, I can always reconcile.
To be loved means to be recognized as existing.
If you are truly present and know how to take care of the present moment as best you can, you are doing your best for the future already.
Love doesn't have any color. Other people may discriminate against us, but what is more important is whether we discriminate against them. If we don't do that, we are a happier person, and as a happier person, we are in a position to help. And anger, this is not a help.