Mother Earth is very talented. She has produced Buddhas, bodhisattvas, great beings.

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.

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination.

It is a characteristic of human beings that if they haven’t got a family of their own, they will invent one.

Courage can be just as infectious as fear.

At first I didn't dig country.

The source of genius is imagination alone.

If it were considered desirable to destroy a human being, the only thing necessary would be to give his work a character of uselessness

The necessity of pursuing true happiness is the foundation of all liberty- Happiness, in its full extent, is the utmost pleasure we are capable of.

Yes, I'm proud to be a liberal.

What is translated from English and into English - and in what quantities - is a question of power.

Governmental regulations all carry coercion to some degree, and even where they don't, they habituate man to expect teaching, guidance and help outside himself, instead of formulating his own.