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

Knowing that anger makes me ugly, I smile instead. I return to myself and meditate on love.

When we change our daily lives - the way we think, speak and act - we change the world.

Buddhism is in your heart. Even if you don't have any temple or any monks, you can still be a Buddhist in your heart and life.

The present moment is the substance with which the future is made. Therefore, the best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment. What else can you do?

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.

Our life is a manifestation, and we can very well make that manifestation beautiful and meaningful and have a good influence.