“Love is the very foundation, beauty and fulfillment of life. If we dive deep enough into ourselves, we will find that the one thread of universal love ties all beings together. As this awareness dawns within us, peace alone will reign.”

Due to our preconceptions regarding education, we fail to inquire into the most obvious and wondrous field of study – ourselves.

Controlling the mind is the way to attain internal harmony.

Keep the child within alive. A child never tires of hearing the birds sing, never gets bored looking at flowers.

Just as armor protects the soldier, spiritual knowledge protects us from the difficulties of life.

If you are unable to meditate, chant your mantra or sing bhajans.

One who goes after the taste of the tongue does not get to know the taste of the heart.

A person’s destiny can be changed through the power of a saint.

Pure love transcends the body. It is between hearts. It has nothing to do with bodies.

Love is the only medicine that can heal the wounds of the world.

Transcending the cycle of death and rebirth is the real purpose of this life in human form.

If we have been able to give happiness to a soul-even for a minute-it makes our life blessed.

There are thousands ready to die for their religion, but only are few willing to live by its principles. Because of their narrow vision and envy, they have missed the true essence and message of religion which is love and compassion.

Parents need to nourish spiritual values in their children from a very young age.

When one has truly imbibed spiritual qualities, they will spontaneously be reflected in one’s thoughts and actions.

You can only feel love by expressing it.

We should try our best to relieve the suffering of others in whatever way we can.

There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That’s how far away they live from themselves

I soon became aware that there wasn’t enough time or opportunity to kiss all the girls in the world. The best thing is to stay cool – just be choosy and wait for the right opportunity.

It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.

I’m sure they learn a lot, and some of them, it makes them aware of what they wish to do. I was – that’s the way I was – autodidact.

As you gently relax into awareness, into listening, the mind’s compulsive contraction around objects will fade. Awareness naturally returns to its non-state of absolute unmanifest potential, the silent abyss beyond all knowing.

When you begin to become conscious, more aware, when your eyes begin to open, the first thing you see is how deluded you are and how much you’re holding onto that which makes you suffer. This is, in many ways, the most important step: Are you willing to be aware?

I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that the paintings are very far from being perfect – completely removed in fact – even as we ourselves are.

Out of all those millions and millions of planets floating around there in space, this is our planet, this is our little one, so we just got to be aware of it and take care of it.