Simply notice that you're aware. At any given moment, you can choose to follow the chain of thoughts, emotions, and sensations that reinforce a perception of yourself as vulnerable and limited, or to remember that your true nature is pure, unconditioned, and incapable of being harmed.

When you see your own desire to be happy, you can't avoid seeing the same desire in others.

Simply notice that you're aware. At any given moment, you can choose to follow the chain of thoughts, emotions, and sensations that reinforce a perception of yourself as vulnerable and limited, or to remember that your true nature is pure, unconditioned, and incapable of being harmed.

We're all buddhas. We just don't recognize it.

All that we are looking for in life - all the happiness, contentment, and peace of mind - is right here in the present moment.

When we become fixed in our perceptions we lose our ability to fly.

Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them.