The way must be in you; the destination also must be in you and not somewhere else in space or time. If that kind of self-transformation is being realized in you, you will arrive.

You must be completely awake in the present to enjoy the tea.

Anyone who is practicing understanding and compassion can exemplify true power. Anyone can be a Buddha.

To meditate means to go home to yourself. Then you know how to take care of the things that are happening inside you, and you know how to take care of the things that happen around you.

True love always brings joy to ourself and the one we love. If our love does not bring joy to both of us, it is not true love.

Do not say that I'll depart tomorrow because even today I still arrive.

If you establish serenity and happiness inside yourself, you provide the world with a solid base of peace. If you do not give yourself peace, how can you share it with others? If you do not begin your peace work with yourself, where will you go to begin it?