Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.

Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. Every breath we take, every step we take, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity. The question is whether or not we are in touch with it. We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment.

The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

Meditation is to be aware of what is going on in your body, in your feelings, in your mind, and in the world.

If we are not empty, we become a block of matter. We cannot breathe, we cannot think. To be empty means to be alive, to breathe in and to breathe out. We cannot be alive if we are not empty. Emptiness is impermanence, it is change. We should not complain about impermanence, because without impermanence, nothing is possible.

If things were not impermanent, life would not be possible.