Artists have to show us what is not going well within the person and within the society, not try to cover it up.

You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.

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.

You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.

The first thing I learned was that even if you have a lot of money and power and fame, you can still suffer very deeply.

Without full awareness of breathing, there can be no development of meditative stability and understanding.

In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.