The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything.

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.

The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.

Deep listening helps us to recognize the existence of wrong perceptions in the other person and wrong perceptions in us.

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is. A pessimistic attitude can never create the calm and serene smile which blossoms on the lips of Bodhisattvas and all those who obtain the way.

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.