If we are too busy, if we are carried away every day by our projects, our uncertainty, our craving, how can we have the time to stop and look deeply into the situation-our own situation, the situation of our beloved one, the situation of our family and of our community, and the situation of our nation and of the other nations?

If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.

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.

If you touch one thing with deep awareness, you touch everything.

Know that life can only be found in the present moment.

The heart of the matter is always our oneness with divine spirit, our union with all life.

It is not a matter of faith, it is a matter of practice