There's no way I can be tossed around like a bottle slapped here and there on the waves.

Let us fill our hearts with our own compassion - towards ourselves and towards all living beings.

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

It is difficult to explain to children in the "overdeveloped" nations that not all children in the world have such beautiful and nourishing food. Awareness of this fact alone can help us overcome many of our own psychological pains. Eventually our contemplation can help us see how to assist those who need our help so much.

Enlightenment for a wave is the moment the wave realizes it is water. At that moment, all fear of death disappears.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. If you are not capable of generatng that kind of energy toward yourself - if you are not capable of taking care of yourself, of nourishing yourself, of protecting yourself - it is very difficult to take care of another person. In the Buddhist teaching, it's clear that to love oneself is the foundation of the love of other people. Love is a practice. Love is truly a practice.