My actions are my only true belongings.

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.

Life can be challenging and sad... but music is the easy part.

Homesickness is nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time.

You are a great, mighty and powerful spiritual being with dignity, direction and purpose.

I have nothing against diamonds, or rubies or emeralds or sapphires. I do object when their acquisition is complicit in the debasement of children or the destruction of a country.

The circus itself is my personal ideal entertainment venue.

How dare you treat your soil like dirt!

It's a fun thing to do: Go to a shooting range with a buddy, knock off a few rounds, release stress.

I couldn't help but see; I wasn't blind. I couldn't help but admire; I wasn't dead

How many seemingly impossible things have been accomplished by resolute men because they had to do, or die?

The moment you say 'I know everything' is the end of your growth.