All of us are playing roles, and there's nothing wrong with playing roles because we have to live in this world - the problem is only when we believe in those roles.

I sometimes feel tremendous compassion and helplessness.

We should develop a deep appreciation for all the we have, and not waste it, otherwise we'll die with deep regrets.

It's interesting to see people's projections because one lives very much in the world of projections.

As a human being, we have everything we need. It's enough suffering to give us incentive to go on, but not so much that we don't know where to turn.

It's not a matter of how much you know or can define, or how many millions of mantras or thousands of prostrations you have done, or how many months of wangs you've attended. The important thing is whether or not the mind is really changing, whether our negative emotions are really coming under control, whether we are really beginning to understand ourselves, whether our mind is really improving, and whether in our hearts there is genuine love and caring for other people.

Because we're trying, because we want, it's very hard to get.