Meditation is not to avoid society; it is to look deep to have the kind of insight you need to take action. To think that it is just to sit down and enjoy the calm and peace, is wrong.

There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus.

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

If we know how to create the energy of love, understanding, compassion, and beauty, then we can contribute a lot to the world.

Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.

People sacrifice the present for the future. But life is available only in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that every step can bring us to the here and the now.

The roots of war are in the way we live our daily lives -- the way we develop our industries, build up our society, and consume goods.