“The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.”

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.

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.

Poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.

Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive.

Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.

There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It’s why you were born. And how you become most truly alive.

What we’ve got to do is keep hope alive. Because without it we’ll sink.

In a game full of liars it turns out that I’m the truth. Some say that rap’s alive. It turns out that I’m the proof.

Everything is so alive, that I can be alive. Without moving I can see it all. In your life I see everything that lives.

If you want to be more alive, love is the truest health.