“If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.”

If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.

The desire to be a free person is very worthwhile. To be free means you are no longer the victim of fear, anger, craving, or suspicion.

At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.

Nonviolent action, born of the awareness of suffering and nurtured by love, is the most effective way to confront adversity.

If you think that peace and happiness are somewhere else and you run after them, you will never arrive.

A true partner or friend is one who encourages you to look deep inside yourself for the beauty and love you’ve been seeking.

We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.

Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive – that you can touch the miracle of being alive – then that is a kind of enlightenment.

We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.

As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.

You cannot transmit wisdom and insight to another person. The seed is already there. A good teacher touches the seed, allowing it to wake up, to sprout, and to grow.

Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.

Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions.

When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence. How can you love if you are not there?

We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available.

I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.

I wrote the story myself. It’s about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.

While I sleep, I dream of you, and when I wake, I long to hold you in my arms.

Now just with memories, I can live happily with you.

How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.

I consider sex a misdemeanor, the more I miss, de meaner I get.

I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life.

Just promise you’ll think of me, every time you look up in the sky and see a star.

Now and then I miss the excitement about being in the cockpit of an airplane and doing new things.