“Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person.”

As we cultivate peace and happiness in ourselves, we also nourish peace and happiness in those we love.

In true love, there is no pride.

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

You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.

The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.

Be angry, it’s okay. To be angry, that is very human. And to learn how to smile at your anger and make peace with your anger is very nice.

Today is the most important day of our lives.

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future.

In the moment when we are able to smile, to look at ourselves with compassion, our world begins to change.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?

Meditation means to look deeply, to touch deeply, so we can realize we are already home.

Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness.

Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.

No matter what you do, give it everything you have. Be the best, not the second best.

I will heighten my life by helping others heighten theirs.

If you can’t feed a hundred people, feed just one.

You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.

Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.