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

First, let us light the torch of our awareness and learn again how to drink tea, eat, wash dishes, walk, sit, drive, and work in awareness. We do not have to be swept along by circumstances. We are not just a leaf or a log in a rushing river. With awareness, each of our daily acts takes on a new meaning, and we discover that we are more than machines, that our activities are not just mindless repetitions. We find that life is a miracle, the universe is a miracle, and we too are a miracle.

Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.

In true love, you attain freedom.

You would not cry if you knew that by looking deeply into the rain you would still see the cloud.

Compassion is a mind that removes the suffering that is present in the other.

You can only recognize your happiness against the background of suffering.