The Buddha said that if we know how to look deeply into our suffering and recognize what feeds it, we are already on the path of emancipation.

Each thought, each action in the sunlight of awareness becomes sacred.

I don't have to hate any person because I can always start anew, I can always reconcile.

I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath.

To condemn someone to death is to surrender; it proves that you failed. You are not able to change him, to change her; you have to kill him or her. You surrender. ... You only demonstrate your lack of capacity, your helplessness. This is failure.

Happiness is not an individual matter.

Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.