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

Without being peace, we cannot do anything for peace. If we cannot smile, we cannot help other people to smile. If we are not peaceful, then we cannot contribute to the peace movement.

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.

Go back and take care of yourself. Your body needs you, your feelings need you, your perceptions need you. Your suffering needs you to acknowledge it. Go home and be there for all these things.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.

My actions are my only true belongings.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.

Most of your suffering comes from the lack of understanding of yourself and others.

Many people think excitement is happiness. But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.

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

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

In true love, you attain freedom.

The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.

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.