Breath is aligned with both body and mind and it alone can bring them together.

The sangha is a community where there should be harmony and peace and understanding. That is something created by our daily life together. If love is there in the community, if we've been nourished by the harmony in the community, then we will never move away from love.

Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.

Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness

The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.

We may think of peace as the absence of war, that if the great powers would reduce their weapons arsenals, we could have peace. But if we look deeply into the weapons, we will see our own minds - our own prejudices, fears, and ignorance.

Each time you look at a tangerine, you can see deeply into it. You can see everything in the universe in one tangerine. When you peel it and smell it, it’s wonderful. You can take your time eating a tangerine and be very happy.