Each time you take a mindful step you are back in the arms of Mother Earth and are reminded of your true sweet home in the here and now.

When we come to the table, we shouldn't negotiate right away. We should spend time walking together, eating together, making acquaintance, telling each other about our own suffering, without blame or condemnation. It takes maybe one, two, three weeks to do that. And if communication and understanding are possible, negotiation will be easier. So if I am to organize a peace negotiation, I will organize it in that way.

As a human being, you have the right to get angry; but as a practitioner, you do not have the right to stop practicing.

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.

Shallow understanding accompanies poor compassion; great understanding goes with great compassion.

There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.