My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand.

No one is more worthy of your kindness and compassion than you are.

It's like growing lotus flowers. You cannot grow lotus flowers on marble. You have to grow them on the mud. Without mud you cannot have lotus flowers. Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.

Each moment is a chance for us to make peace with the world, to make peace possible for the world, to make happiness possible for the world.

I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.

It's like a mother, when the baby is crying, she picks up the baby and she holds the baby tenderly in her arms. Your pain, your anxiety is your baby. You have to take care of it. You have to go back to yourself, to recognize the suffering in you, embrace the suffering, and you get a relief.

The miracle is to walk on the earth.