In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.

I think, therefore I am ... not here.

If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.

Until there is peace between religions, there can be no peace in the world.

When you drop bombs on the enemy, you drop those same bombs on yourself, your own country.

If I am incapable of washing dishes joyfully, if I want to finish them quickly so I can go and have dessert, I will be equally incapable of enjoying my dessert. With the fork in my hand, I will be thinking about what to do next, and the texture and flavor of the dessert, together with the pleasure of eating it, will be lost. I will always be dragged into the future, never able to live in the present moment.

The true miracle is not walking on water or walking in air, but simply walking on this earth.