In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

You are not an observer, you are a participant.

Let us not be afraid of decreasing. It is like the moon, we see the moon increasing and decreasing, but it is always the moon.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

Human beings are innately loving beings. When we fail to love, it is because an element of ignorance has intruded into our experience, submerging our natural impulse to love.

You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.

There are many ways to calm a negative energy without suppressing or fighting it. You recognize it, you smile to it, and you invite something nicer to come up and replace it; you read some inspiring words, you listen to a piece of beautiful music, you go somewhere in nature, or you do some walking meditation.