In Buddhist teaching, ignorance is considered the fundamental cause of violence - ignorance... about the separation of self and other... about the consequences of our actions.

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.

The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.

We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

We spend our lives searching for something we think we don't have, something that will make us happy. But the key to our deepest happiness lies in changing our vision of where to seek it.

If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you'll be living in a world with less fear, isolation and loneliness.

What comes up is not nearly as important as how you relate to what comes up.

You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine

All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others

Mindfulness allows us to watch our thoughts, see how one thought leads to the next, decide if we're heading down an unhealthy path, and, if so, let go and change directions.

Gossip is the sound of jealously.

No man can stay for forever young, Unless he is a writer.

Prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned God-ward.

In reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side.

Tonight's show is about doubt. Or maybe it isn't - haven't made my mind up yet.

We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye.

My parents don't care what Americans think of us; we just care what the other Indian people in our community think of us.

Columbus not only sent the first slaves acroiss the Atlantic, he sent more slaves than any other individual

Love is a lesson worth learning.

I'm afraid when too many people know too much about you, it actually makes us all a lot more boring because you're afraid to express yourself.