“What you are looking for is already in you. You already are everything you are seeking.”

When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.

Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.

Sometimes when I am alone in my room in the dark, I practice smiling to myself. I do this to be kind to myself, to take good care of myself, to love myself. I know that if I cannot take care of myself, I cannot take care of anyone else.

The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.

There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.

Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.

Human beings are not our enemy. Our enemy is not the other person. Our enemy is the violence, ignorance, and injustice in us and in the other person.

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.

The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.

In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

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.

The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.

You don’t let people deter you. Thats how you do it.

Everything that exists in your life, does so because of two things: something you did or something you didn’t do.

The best way to understanding is a few good examples.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

I’m a workaholic and I don’t believe in ‘no.’ If I’m not sleeping, nobody’s sleeping.

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.

Rest in reason. Move in Passion.