If you have the chance to be exposed to a loving, understanding environment where the seed of compassion, loving kindness, can be watered every day, then you become a more loving person.

It is possible to live happily in the here and the now. So many conditions of happiness are available - more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don't have to run into the future in order to get more.

Breathing in, I am aware of my heart. Breathing out, I smile to my heart and know that my heart still functions normally. I feel grateful for my heart.

Anyone can practice some nonviolence, even soldiers. Some army generals, for example, conduct their operations in ways that avoid killing innocent people; this is a kind of nonviolence.

At the moment of waking up, before getting out of bed, get in touch with your breath

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

We need to be aware of the suffering, but retain our clarity, calmness and strength so we can help transform the situation.