We have to have loving speech. And if we are honest, if we are true, terrorists will open their hearts. Then we practice compassionate listening, and we can learn so much about our own perception and their perception. Only after that can we help remove wrong perception. That is the best way, the only way, to remove terrorism.

Only the present moment contains life.

When you drop bombs on the enemy, you drop those same bombs on yourself, your own country.

To be spiritual means to be solid, calm, and peaceful and to be able to look deeply inside and around us.

You would not cry if you knew that by looking deeply into the rain you would still see the cloud.

No thought about the past or future can pull you away from your present peace and joy. The universe exists in this present moment. No desire can pull you away from this present peace, not even the desire to become a Buddha or the desire to save all beings. Know that to become a Buddha and to save all beings can only be realized on the foundation of the pure peace of the present moment.

What we most need to do is to hear within us the sound of the Earth crying.