If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.

We try many ways to be awake, but our society still keeps us forgetful. Meditation is to help us remember.

Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The tangerine I am eating is me. The mustard greens I am planting are me. I plant with all my heart and mind. I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath. Nothing should be treated more carefully than anything else. In mindfulness, compassion, irritation, mustard green plant, and teapot are all sacred.

Being rich is an obstacle to loving. When you are rich, you want to continue to be rich, and so you end up devoting all your time, all your energy, in your daily life to stay rich.

We can help many people suffer less and realize a lot of happiness without being rich or influential. If love and compassion are in out hearts, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

Awareness is a mirror reflecting the four elements. Beauty is a heart that generates love and a mind that is open.