Speak or act with a pure mind and happiness will follow.

Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light.

We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.

The most essential thing in life is to establish an unafraid, heartfelt communication with others.

Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life reveals just the opposite: that letting go is the real path to freedom.

Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.

The key to finding a happy balance in modern lives is simplicity.

Just as the ocean has waves or the sun has rays, so the minds's own radiance is its thoughts and emotions.

What we have to learn, in both meditation and in life, is to be free of attachment to the good experiences, and free of aversion to the negative ones.

It is compassion, then, that is the best protection; it is also, as the great masters of the past have always known, the source of all healing.

The spiritual journey is one of continuous learning and purification. When you know this, you become humble.

Bach is an astronomer, discovering the most marvellous stars. Beethoven challenges the universe. I only try to express the soul and the heart of man.

For some reason, people think I am this terrible person and it really hurts me to hear that. I am just doing the best I know how to.

I love making art... It's largely how I see myself. I'm an artist; therefore I have to make art.

Some Argentines, without means, do it, People say, in Boston , even beans do it. Let's do it, let's fall in love .

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.

It is a very trying task for deceitful people, always to have to cover up their lack of sincerity and to repair the breaking of their word.

It follows that at the beginning of his life the individual can accomplish wonders without effort and quite unconsciously.

Repetition is not failure. Ask the waves, ask the leaves, ask the wind.

He shows a greater mind who does not restrain his laughter, than he who does not deny his tears.

He who seeks truth should be of no country.