To take care of the environment, we must first take care of the environmentalist.

‎We have a lamp inside us. The oil of that lamp is our breathing, our steps, and our peaceful smile. Our practice is to light up the lamp.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

Reality is reality. It transcends every concept. There is no concept which can adequately describe it, not even the concept of interdependence.

I would not be happy if I could not become a monk. They call it the beginner's mind - the deep intention, the deepest desire that a person may have. And I can say that until this day, this beginner's mind is still alive in me.

We ourselves need love; it's not only society, the world outside, that needs love. But we can't expect that love to come from outside of us. We should ask the question whether we are capable of loving ourselves as well as others.

We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.