When you produce peace and happiness in yourself, you begin to realize peace for the whole world. With the smile that you produce in yourself, with the conscious breathing you establish within yourself, you begin to work for peace in the world.

I will practice coming back to the present moment...not letting regrets and sorrow drag me back into the past or letting anxieties, fears, or cravings pull me out.

The root-word "buddha" means to wake up, to know, to understand; and he or she who wakes up and understands is call a Buddha. It is as simple as that. The capacity to wake up, to understand, and to love is called Buddha nature.

I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath.

Know that life can only be found in the present moment.

Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish.

Each thought, each action in the sunlight of awareness becomes sacred.