Simply put, mindfulness is moment-to-moment non-judgmental 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.

Risk: no full life occurs without it.

You're gonna have to hold on tight, because this rodeo is just getting started.

What's a Sun-Dial in the shade?

Even in the most bold and daring acts, courage is a matter of the heart.

I admired my father very much... at the age of sixteen. But now I see that he was a brutal and cruel man, - but not without remorse, and that was what tortured us, his alternations.

Most of my subject matter was all kind of, like, party stuff, jewelry and cars. It was really just, you know, shallow.

A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can't play the part of a wise man.

Any judge who allows an adulterer with a live-in girlfriend to terminate the life of his wife should be impeached.

Godliness is practical religion.

There's an alarm bell that goes off in my head if I can sense that I'm making a mistake.