Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.

The little things? The little moments? They aren't little.

Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.

Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are.

If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear.

Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see? What do you hear?

All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.

We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.

We should always hope and expect to see a brand new day filled with hope, love and joy.

For young adults, the growth from silly to serious can be very fast, indeed.

Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when we have not.

Rarely if ever, moments come that are so defining in our lives. The years are glutted with benign matters which impact us more deeply than we could have ever imagined in our youth.

Being an artist means forever healing your own wounds and at the same time endlessly exposing them.

Environmentalists have a very conflicted relationship with their cars.

There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

It is so common to write autobiographical fiction in which your own experience is thinly disguised.

I think a lot of times on TV we see caricatures - that's what's funny.

You, and your lady, Take from my heart all thankfulness!