In Zen Buddhism, the greater your doubt, the greater will be your enlightenment. That is why doubt can be a good thing. If you are too sure, if you always have conviction, then you may be caught in your wrong perception for a long time.

If you really know how to live, what better way to start the day than with a smile?

Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive - that you can touch the miracle of being alive - then that is a kind of enlightenment.

Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.

What we most need to do is to hear within us the sound of the Earth crying.

Mindfulness is like that—it is the miracle which can call back in a flash our dispersed mind and restore it to wholeness so that we can live each minute of life.

We try to live every moment like that, dwelling peacefully in the present moment, and respond to events with compassion.