I don't have to hate any person because I can always start anew, I can always reconcile.

If we face our unpleasant feelings with care, affection, and nonviolence, we can transform them into a kind of energy that is healthy and has the capacity to nourish us. By the work of mindful observation, our unpleasant feelings can illuminate so much for us, offering us insight and understanding into ourselves and society.

Awareness is a mirror reflecting the four elements. Beauty is a heart that generates love and a mind that is open.

Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.

"I am breathing in and liberating my mind. I am breathing out and liberating my mind." One practices like this.

In Buddhism, we talk of meditation as an act of awakening, to be awake to the fact that the earth is in danger and living species are in danger.

We are often sad and suffer a lot when things change, but change and impermanence have a positive side. Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible. Life itself is possible... If your daughter is not impermanent, she cannot grow up to become a woman. Then your grandchildren would never manifest.