When our beliefs are based on our own direct experience of reality and not on notions offered by others, no one can remove these beliefs from us.

We inter-breath with the rain forests, we drink from the oceans. They are part of our own body.

When we live in the spirit of gratitude, there will be much happiness in our life. The one who is grateful is the one who has much happiness while the one who is ungrateful will not be able to have happiness.

If you suffer and make your loved ones suffer, there is nothing that can justify your desire.

If we are at war with our parents, our family, our society, or our church, there is probably a war going on inside us also, so the most basic work for peace is to return to ourselves and create harmony among the elements within us - our feelings, our perceptions, and our mental states. That is why the practice of meditation, looking deeply, is so important.

Spiritual practice is not just sitting and meditation. Practice is looking, thinking, touching, drinking, eating and talking. Every act, every breath, and every step can be practice and can help us to become more ourselves.

If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.