True happiness is always available to us, but first we have to create the environment for it to flourish.

Our root fantasy is that "I" am real and that it's possible for "me" to be happy.

Each of us holds human destiny in our hands. It will be completely determined by how the mind feels about itself.

Shambhala is a tradition where there were rulers, kings, and powerful people who actually were very benevolent and kind. They got things done, and they didn't abandon their tradition.

If we cut speed and relax with what’s going on in our life right now, kindness and patience will naturally come about.

It's one thing to have the attitude of enlightenment and another thing to act in an enlightened way, which is conduct or activity.

People can be trained in certain principles, but then they actually have to apply them and try them out.