Practicing mindfulness enables us to become a real person. When we are a real person, we see real people around us, and life is present in all its richness.

The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21)

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

Sometimes it is better not to talk about art by using the word "art". If we just act with awareness and integrity, our art will flower, and we don't have to talk about it at all.

The roots of war are in the way we live our daily lives —the way we develop our industries, build up our society, and consume goods.

Peace is based on respect for life, the spirit of reverence for life.

If we are aware of our lifestyle, our way of consuming, of looking at things, we will know how to make peace right in the moment we are alive.

Truth is found in life and not merely in conceptual knowledge.

Keep hoping in tomorrow & one day tomorrow shall manifest your dreams.

I need to make myself strong on the inside instead of what is on the outside. I know all of this, but why can’t I put any of it into action? I guess that’s why I am in this place.

George Bush taking credit for the wall coming down is like the rooster taking credit for the sun rising.

No religion except ours has taught that man is born in sin; none of the philosophical sects has admitted it; none therefore has spoken the truth

People think they know me from my songs. But my repertoire of songs is so wide-ranging that you'd have to be a madman to figure out the characteristics of the person who wrote all those songs.

Both the young and the old are almost completely useless in our modern society, and are made keenly aware of that uselessness. They have no place. They are private, isolated - and hopeless.

Blessed is the one who has arrived at infinite ignorance.

I cling to him like he's what keeps me thriving. Because he is.

It's a chore for a fellow to fear for his life more than once in an evening.

Most true happiness comes from one's inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul.