Since things neither exist nor do not exist, are neither real nor unreal, are utterly beyond adopting and rejecting - one might as well burst out laughing.

Since everything is but an apparition, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may well burst out in laughter.

Let the flower of compassion blossom in the rich soil of maître, and water it with the good water of equanimity in the cool, refreshing shade of joy.

Always engage in the quest for life's meaning, which is inner peace.

In the experience of yogins who do not perceive things dualistically, the fact that things manifest without truly existing is so amazing they burst into laughter

To reject practice by saying, 'it is conceptual!' is the path of fools. A tendency of the inexperienced and something to be avoided.

Begin with bodhicitta, do the main practice without concepts,Conclude by dedicating the merit. These, together and complete,Are the three vital supports for progressing on the path to liberation.

But death is stronger than that and when you cover your eyes you are the one who can't see the dark. The dark still sees you.

Three people marooned on a desert island would soon reinvent politics.

99.9% of plumbers make less than a quarter million dollars a year, and I'm going to give Joe a break whether he wants it or not.

According to a new study, Hawaii is the happiest place in America to live. And I thought it was just a great place to pretend you were born in.

[On women's role in the home:] Every wife, mother and housekeeper feels at present that there is some screw loose in the household situation.

If you must commit suicide ... always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life or of death, should never be lost sight of.

If Heaven were not clear it might rend. If Earth were not firm it might crumble.

I want you to be supervised, all day every day, by people who forgive your errors and believe in your destiny.

Never act until you have clearly answered the question: "What happens if I do nothing?"

Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is.