With mindfulness - the practice of peace - we can begin by working to transform the wars in ourselves. Conscious breathing helps us do this.

Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act.

Our own life has to be our message.

As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.

Do not avoid contact with suffering or close your eyes before suffering. Do not lose awareness of the existence of suffering in the life of the world. Find ways to be with those who are suffering by all means, including personal contact and visits, images, sounds. By such means, awaken yourself and others to the reality of suffering in the world.

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.

Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.