To abandon the present in order to look for things in the future is to throw away the substance and hold onto the shadow.

When reality is perceived in its nature of ultimate perfection, the practitioner has reached a level of wisdom called non-discrimination mind - a wondrous communion in which there is no longer any distinction made between subject and object.

You can only recognize your happiness against the background of suffering.

To reconcile conflicting parties, we must have the ability to understand the suffering of both sides.

Anyone who is practicing understanding and compassion can exemplify true power. Anyone can be a Buddha.

Anger is like a flame blazing up and consuming our self-control, making us think, say, and do things that we will probably regret later.

The most important thing is that we need to be understood. We need someone to be able to listen to us and to understand us. Then we will suffer less.