Freedom is the real foundation of happiness.

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.

Politicians look for interests not people

Wherever there is light, one can photograph.

I always tried so hard to fit in, and then I figured out that I didn't want to fit.

When Elvis made his mass-media debut on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' - his notorious gyrations filmed only from the waist up - I fell off the family chaise longue with delight.

Find a problem that you can provide a solution to.

You get whatever you expect to get. The only question is. What do you want?

By dialogue, we let God be present in our midst, for as we open ourselves to one another, we open ourselves to God.

Possibilitas tua mensura tua'(What is possible to you is what you will be measured by).

Those who sit perfectly physically usually take more time to obtain the true way of Zen.

When an opera star sings her head off? she usually improves her appearance.