In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves.

If you establish serenity and happiness inside yourself, you provide the world with a solid base of peace. If you do not give yourself peace, how can you share it with others? If you do not begin your peace work with yourself, where will you go to begin it?

Meditation is not to escape from society, but to come back to ourselves and see what is going on. Once there is seeing, there must be acting. With mindfulness, we know what to do and what not to do to help.

You must be completely awake in the present to enjoy the tea.

We need to be aware of the suffering, but retain our clarity, calmness and strength so we can help transform the situation.

If we can not smile, we cannot help other people to smile.

When the energy of compassion and love touches us, healing establishes itself.