Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.

It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.

I think, therefore I am ... not here.

Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.

Mindfulness must be engaged. Once there is seeing, there must be acting. Otherwise, what's the use of seeing?

We have to have loving speech. And if we are honest, if we are true, terrorists will open their hearts. Then we practice compassionate listening, and we can learn so much about our own perception and their perception. Only after that can we help remove wrong perception. That is the best way, the only way, to remove terrorism.