‎"The earth is so beautiful. We are beautiful also. We can allow ourselves to walk mindfully, touching the earth, our wonderful mother, with each step. We don't need to wish our friends, 'Peace be with you.' Peace is already with them. We only need to help them cultivate the habit of touching peace in each moment."-

Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.

The roots of war are in the way we live our daily lives -- the way we develop our industries, build up our society, and consume goods.

When we give ourselves the chance to let go of all our tension, the body's natural capacity to heal itself can begin to work.

Look deeply; I arrive in every second to be a bud on a spring branch ... to be a jewel hiding itself in a stone.

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.

In each of us is a seed of understanding. The seed is God.