Life has left her footprints on my forehead. But I have become a child again this morning. The smile, seen through leaves and flowers, is back to smooth away the wrinkles, as the rains wipe away footprints on the beach. Again a cycle of birth and death begins.

The miracle is not to walk on water, or in the air, or on burning charcoal. The miracle is to walk on earth. You breathe in, you become aware of the fact that you are alive. You are alive and you are walking on this beautiful planet. The greatest of of all miracles is to be alive.

Real peace is not in power, money, or weapons, but in deep inner peace.

Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.

Mindfulness practices enhance the connection between our body, our mind and everything else that is around us. Mindful living is the key to understanding our struggles with weight and to empowering us to control our weight.

As a human being, you have the right to get angry; but as a practitioner, you do not have the right to stop practicing.