Look deeply; I arrive in every second to be a bud on a spring branch ... to be a jewel hiding itself in a stone.

We need to move beyond the idea of 'environment' and fall back in love with Mother Earth.

It is possible to live happily in the here and 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.

Let us fill our hearts with our own compassion - towards ourselves and towards all living beings.

Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift! We have the capacity to live in a way that these twenty-four hours will bring peace, joy, and happiness to ourselves and others.

When you feel anger arising, remember to return to your breathing and follow it. The other person may see that you are practicing, and she may even apologize.

The most important thing is that we need to be understood. We need someone to be able to listen to us and to understand us. Then we will suffer less.