Life is available only in the present moment.

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.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

Coat your words with honey if you want to catch bees.

When you are insane, you are busy being insane - all the time.

I saw my friends in medical school seeming to be more engaged with the real world. That provoked a sort of jealousy, and I decided to go to medical school after all.

I have too much money invested in sweaters.

It's just human nature to try and figure things out. So, when we're in the midst of a situation, we usually try to reason our way through it.

Information wants to be useful.

I'm the only person I know of who's ever been pulled over for attempted speeding.

What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room.

It's an honor putting art above politics. Politics can be seductive in terms of things reductive to the soul.