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

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.

They will notdisappoint you, and you will look upon them morecharitably. Men seek but one thing in life—their pleasure

I’m not going to miss 95% of life to weigh 5% less.

Wear a smile and have friends wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

No matter what the recipe, any baker can do wonders in the kitchen with some good ingredients and an upbeat attitude!

Sun of my soul, thou Savior dear, It is not night if thou be near. Oh, may no earthborn cloud arise To hide thee from thy servant's eyes.

I don't want to sound like some grumpy old man telling you to get off my lawn.

If an opportunity arises, then I won't use school as an excuse not to work.

I like to figure things out and solve problems.

Truth ever lovely - since the world began, The foe of tyrants, and the friend of man.

The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words.