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?

We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.

Awareness is a mirror reflecting the four elements. Beauty is a heart that generates love and a mind that is open.

Nirvana is the complete silencing of concepts.

To take care of the environment, we must first take care of the environmentalist.

Tolerance and tranquility are two characteristics of true love.

Sometimes when I am alone in my room in the dark, I practice smiling to myself. I do this to be kind to myself, to take good care of myself, to love myself. I know that if I cannot take care of myself, I cannot take care of anyone else.