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

Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.

Meditation is not to get out of society, to escape from society, but to prepare for a reentery into society.

The organic gardener does not think of throwing away the garbage. She knows that she needs the garbage. She is capable of transforming the garbage into compost, so that the compost can turn into lettuce, cucumber, radishes, and flowers again...With the energy of mindfulness, you can look into the garbage and say: I am not afraid. I am capable of transforming the garbage back into love.

In order to rally people, governments need enemies... if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.

Be angry, it's okay. To be angry, that is very human. And to learn how to smile at your anger and make peace with your anger is very nice.

The moment you wake up, right away, you can smile... You are aware that a new day is beginning, that life is offering you twenty-four brand new hours to live, and that that's the most precious of gifts.