In Buddha’s opinion, to train in staying open and curious—to train in dissolving our assumptions and beliefs—is the best use of our human lives.

We can learn to act and think in ways that sow seeds of our future well-being, gradually becoming more aware of what causes happiness as well as what causes distress.

Meditation practice is not about later, when you get it all together and you’re this person you really respect.

Meditation is a totally nonviolent, nonaggressive occupation.

IN practicing meditation, we’re not trying to live up to some kind of ideal—quite the opposite.

Many religions have meditations on death to let it penetrate our thick skulls that life doesn’t last forever.

In sitting meditation, we train in mindfulness and unconditional friendliness: in being steadfast with our bodies, our emotions, our thoughts.

Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better.

PATIENCE is the antidote to anger, a way to learn to love and care for whatever we meet on the path.

My political life has been informed by the view that if there was any truth to religion there wouldn't really be any need for politics.

Here's something you never hear: Now that I've worked through all my emotional issues, I'm free to dedicate my life to ventriloquism!

Faith is the solid, unshakable confidence in God which is built upon assurance that He is faithful to His promises.

It will be celebrated... with pomp and parade... bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.

Men crowd into honorable careers without other vocation than their vanity, or at best their love of fame.

It makes no sense to ship atoms when you can ship bits.

Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.

The shot heard round the world.

Nature engenders the science of painting

Overcoming sin, blessed though it surely is, is but the bare minimum of a believers experience. There is nothing astonishing in it. Not to overcome sin is what ought to astonish us.