The more compassionate you are, the more generous you can be. The more generous you are, the move loving friendliness you cultivate to help the world.

The present moment contains past and future. The secret of transformation, is in the way we handle this very moment.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

Meditation is not an escape from life... but preparation for really being in life.

There are many, many Christians who practice Buddhism, and they become better and better Christians all the time.

If you establish serenity and happiness inside yourself, you provide the world with a solid base of peace. If you do not give yourself peace, how can you share it with others? If you do not begin your peace work with yourself, where will you go to begin it?

At the moment of waking up, before getting out of bed, get in touch with your breath