Only the present moment contains life.

Silence is something that comes from your heart, not from outside. Silence doesn't mean not talking and not doing things; it means that you are not disturbed inside. If you're truly silent, then no matter what situation you find yourself in you can enjoy the silence.

Every path, every street in the world is your walking meditation path.

The real power of the Buddha was that he had so much love. He saw people trapped in their notions of small separate self, feeling guilty or proud of that self, and he offered revolutionary teachings that resounded like a lion's roar, like a great rising tide, helping people to wake up and break free from the prison of ignorance.

We need to be aware of the suffering, but retain our clarity, calmness and strength so we can help transform the situation.

Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.

As a human being, you have the right to get angry; but as a practitioner, you do not have the right to stop practicing.