The kingdom of God is available to you in the here and the now. But the question is whether you are available to the kingdom.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.

Around us, life bursts with miracles, a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible.

The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.

Do not love these gardens if you despise the dirt.

Strength is incomprehensible by weakness, and, therefore, the more terrible.

War erases progress, leaves no trace of improvement.

If you're right at what you do There is no need to prove anyone That you are right

Good but not religious-good.

Bad writing is not easier than good writing. It's just as hard to make a toilet seat as it is a castle window. Only the view is different.

Don't send a poet to London.

Cats regard people as warm-blooded furniture.

Shane, honey, in Morganville, friends are the only things that keep you alive.

She was a beefy young woman and, whatever piece of music she was playing, it was definitely losing.