Whenever anger comes up, take out a mirror and look at yourself. When you are angry, you are not very beautiful.

Usually when we hear or read something new, we just compare it to our own ideas. If it is the same, we accept it and say that it is correct. If it is not, we say it is incorrect. In either case, we learn nothing.

While drinking, while talking, while writing, while watering our garden, it's always possible to practice living in the here and the now.

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

In the past there were people who were not rich but contented with their living style, laughing and happy all day. But when the new rich people appear, people look at them and ask why don't I have a life like that too, a beautiful house, car and garden and they abandon their values.

The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to penetrate, to reveal itself.

Your true home is in the here and the now.