Small kindnesses, small courtesies, small considerations, habitually practised in our social intercourse, give a greater charm to the character than the display of great talents and accomplishments.

Darkness is a kind of visual silence, and monks love it.

Small kindnesses small courtesies small considerations habitually practiced in our social intercourse give a greater charm to the character than the display of great talents and accomplishments.

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared to believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.

When we enter into any relationship with the premise that we are empty and the other person will fill us in, we are sure to fail. We can only win when we proceed from wholeness.

What you can't imagine, you can't discover.

Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.

Orange is the happiest color.

Whether or not enlightenment is possible at the moment of death, the practices that prepare one for this possibility also bring one closer to the bone of life.

Life is very, very simple and easy to understand, but we complicate it with the beliefs and ideas that we create.

I've seen that mixture of resignation and hopelessness before; its usually in my mirror.

Men walk almost always in the paths trodden by others, proceeding in their actions by imitation.

Politics is the science of urgencies.