Nobody else can really begin to sort out for you what to accept and what to reject in terms of what wakes you up and what makes you fall asleep. No one else can really sort out for you what to accept - what opens up your world - and what to reject - what seems to keep you going round and round in some kind of repetitive misery.

By the way that we think and by the way that we believe in things, in that way our world is created.

We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.

I dedicate the merit of the occasion to all beings. This gesture of universal friendship has been likened to a drop of fresh spring water. If we put it on a rock in the sunshine, it will soon evaporate. If we put it in the ocean, however, it will never be lost. Thus the wish is made that we not keep the teachings to ourselves but to use them to benefit others.

But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake.

So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications.

Right down there in the thick of things, we discover the love that will not die.