Be Yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just Be.

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.

Around us, life bursts with miracles--a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops. If you live in awareness, it is easy to see miracles everywhere. Each human being is a multiplicity of miracles. Eyes that see thousands of colors, shapes, and forms; ears that hear a bee flying or a thunderclap; a brain that ponders a speck of dust as easily as the entire cosmos; a heart that beats in rhythm with the heartbeat of all beings. When we are tired and feel discouraged by life's daily struggles, we may not notice these miracles, but they are always there.

The most important thing that we can do for the healing of our world is to hear inside ourselves, the sounds of the earth crying.

Happiness is the cessation of suffering.

I have arrived. I am home. My destination is in each step.

To be free, first of all, is to be free from wrong views that are the foundation of all kinds of suffering and fear and violence.