Each time you take a mindful step you are back in the arms of Mother Earth and are reminded of your true sweet home in the here and now.

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.

Whoever makes you feelthat deeply and that intensely, deserves to know how they’veimpacted you.

Trust is that rare and priceless treasure that wins us the affection of our heavenly Father.

Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.

The way we look at it, everything is a sound.

Can't you see that everyone is buying station wagons?

The world is changed not by the self-regarding, but by men and women prepared to make fools of themselves.

My job now, as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, is to take this process forward, and that I'm determined to do, whatever old clippings you dig out and whatever old quotes you put before me.

He got drunk last night, kicked Mama down the stairs. But I'm alright, so I don't care.

The speed of time is one second per second.

I call all chefs cooks. They're all cooks. That's what we do, we cook. You're a chef when you're running a kitchen.