Two people have been living in you all your life. One is the ego, garrulous, demanding, hysterical, calculating - the other is the hidden spiritual being, whose still voice of wisdom you have only rarely heard or attended to - you have uncovered in yourself your own wise guide.

We often wonder: "How will I be when I die?" The answer to that is that whatever state of mind we are in now, whatever kind of person we are now, that's what we will be like at the moment of death, if we do not change. This is why it is so absolutely important to use this lifetime to purify our mindstream, and so our basic being and character, while we can.

The future is very much in our hands--in our actions.

Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.

Our problems, all come from nothing; they are all based on a misunderstanding that does not even exist.

Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities in life. It helps you to live a less trivial life.

What the world needs more than anything are Bodhisattvas of peace, lawyers, politicians, teachers working tirelessly for the enlightenment of themselves and others.