Compassion is a mind that removes the suffering that is present in the other.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

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

Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.

Around us, life bursts with miracles, a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.

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

Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible.

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

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

Anger is the wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.

Your body is your body it's natural. Learn to love yourself for it.

The moment anyone tries to demean or degrade you in any way, you have to know how great you are. Nobody would bother to beat you down if you were not a threat.

It kind of sounds like the noise a goat would make if you punched it in the face.

The oceans are the planet's last great living wilderness, man's only remaining frontier on earth, and perhaps his last chance to produce himself a rational species.

If you want your own distinctive voice, you first have to become someone.

I am a great believer in variations on the routine.

Having an open dialogue, in any creative atmosphere, is really important to feeling free to tell the story the best way you can.

I feel like this is a dream - and I apologize for how I dressed some of you.

Worn with tights it is not an issue, although there is something deeply unfeminist about not being able to sit down in one comfortably.