There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.

Be angry, it's okay. To be angry, that is very human. And to learn how to smile at your anger and make peace with your anger is very nice.

In April, we cannot see sunflowers in France, so we might say the sunflowers do not exist. But the local farmers have already planted thousands of seeds, and when they look at the bare hills, they may be able to see the sunflowers already. The sunflowers are there. They lack only the conditions of sun, heat, rain and July. Just because we cannot see them does not mean that they do not exist.

If we are at war with our parents, our family, our society, or our church, there is probably a war going on inside us also, so the most basic work for peace is to return to ourselves and create harmony among the elements within us - our feelings, our perceptions, and our mental states. That is why the practice of meditation, looking deeply, is so important.

If we know how to create the energy of love, understanding, compassion, and beauty, then we can contribute a lot to the world.

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.