Sometimes when I am alone in my room in the dark, I practice smiling to myself. I do this to be kind to myself, to take good care of myself, to love myself. I know that if I cannot take care of myself, I cannot take care of anyone else.

Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos — the trees, the clouds, everything.

Contemplate to see that awakened people, while not being enslaved by the work of serving living beings, never abandon their work of serving living beings.

Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment. Fully alive, fully aware.

When you have a stomach ache you don't tell your stomach to go away.

The larger your beloved community, the more you can accomplish in the world.

The healing of ourselves is the healing of the whole nation. Society is only a manifestation of our collective consciousness and our collective consciousness has a lot of fear, violence and hatred in it. ... It is possible to transform our heart...Not much time is needed...(the transformation can be born) the moment you vow to go in the direction of peace and service.