When you check your own mind properly, you stop blaming others for your problems.

One action produces a reaction; that is karma.

If you expect your life to be full of ups and downs, then your mind will be much more peaceful.

No matter how confused or deluded we may be at the moment, the underlying and essential nature of our being is clear and pure

Meditation does not imply only the development of single-pointed concentration, sitting in some corner doing nothing. Meditation is an alert state of mind, the opposite of sluggishness; meditation is wisdom. You should remain aware every moment of your daily life, fully conscious of what you are doing and how you are doing it.

It is precisely because our present life is so inseparably linked with desire that we must make use of desire's tremendous energy if we wish to transform our life into something transcendental.

Some children are wiser than adults.