"I am breathing in and liberating my mind. I am breathing out and liberating my mind." One practices like this.

To develop understanding, you have to practice looking at all living things with the eyes of compassion.

To live in the present moment is a miracle. The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green Earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.

Life is available only in the present moment.

If you are truly present and know how to take care of the present moment as best you can, you are doing your best for the future already.

I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath.

Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace.