Hatred and fear blind us. We no longer see each other. We see only the faces of monsters, and that gives us the courage to destroy each other.

In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.

Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.

In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.

Preventing war is much better than protesting against the war. Protesting the war is too late.

If we have fear and despair in us, we cannot remove the suffering in society.

When reality is perceived in its nature of ultimate perfection, the practitioner has reached a level of wisdom called non-discrimination mind - a wondrous communion in which there is no longer any distinction made between subject and object.