Go back to the breathing and try to be in that moment deeply. Because there is a possibility to handle every kind of event and the essential is to keep the peace in yourself.

When you have a toothache, you think that not having a toothache will make you very happy. But when you don't have a toothache, often you are still not happy. If you practice awareness, you suddenly become very rich, very very happy.

When you say something really unkind, when you do something in retaliation your anger increases. You make the other person suffer, and he will try hard to say or to do something back to get relief from his suffering. That is how conflict escalates.

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

If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.

Fearlessness is not only possible, it is the ultimate joy. When you touch nonfear, you are free.

I would not be happy if I had not become a monk.