It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love.

Be part of the miraculous moment.

I do many kinds of work, and if you forbid me from binding books, from gardening, from writing poetry, from practicing walking meditation, from teaching children, I will be very unhappy. To me, work is pleasant. Pleasant or unpleaseant depends on our way of looking.

Freedom from suffering is a great happiness.

If we take something to be the truth, we may cling to it so much that when the truth comes and knocks on our door, we won't want to let it in.

Buddhism has to do with your daily life, with your suffering and with the suffering of the people around you.

Each moment is a chance for us to make peace with the world, to make peace possible for the world, to make happiness possible for the world.