I am determined to practice deep listening. I am determined to practice loving speech.

Around us, life bursts with miracles--a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops. If you live in awareness, it is easy to see miracles everywhere. Each human being is a multiplicity of miracles. Eyes that see thousands of colors, shapes, and forms; ears that hear a bee flying or a thunderclap; a brain that ponders a speck of dust as easily as the entire cosmos; a heart that beats in rhythm with the heartbeat of all beings. When we are tired and feel discouraged by life's daily struggles, we may not notice these miracles, but they are always there.

The present moment is the only moment available to us and it is the door to all other moments.

If you do not give right attention to the one you love, it is a kind of killing. When you are in the car together, if you are lost in your thoughts, assuming you already know everything about her, she will slowly die.

Breathing in, I know I am breathing in. Breathing out, I know I am breathing out.

Every morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift!

Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act.