The more we want certain situations, the more we find ourself stuck in situations we do not want.

When the turbulence of distracting thoughts subside and our mind becomes still, a deep happiness and contentment naturally arises from within.

Love is the real nuclear bomb that destroys all our enemies, because when we love all living beings, we have no enemies.

We all wish for world peace, but world peace will never be achieved unless we first establish peace within our own minds.

Developing compassion and wisdom and helping those in need is the true meaning of life.

Everything we have and everything we enjoy, including our very life, is due to the kindness of others. In fact, every happiness there is in the world arises as a result of others' kindness.

All the happiness there is in the world arises from wishing others to be happy.

The moment we let go of our obsessive concern for our own welfare, our mind naturally relaxes and becomes lighter.

If everyone practiced cherishing others, many of the major problems of the world would be solved in a few years.

When we learn to accept difficult circumstances patiently, the real problem disappears.

We are all interconnected in a web of kindness from which it is impossible to separate ourself.

Life lessons cannot be applied topically.

Maybe love is something we’re meant to say casually and not regard as a prize from a treasure chest that a person earns.

If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own.

A garden, you know, is a very usual refuge of a disappointed politician. Accordingly, I have purchased a few acres about nine miles from town, have built a house, and am cultivating a garden.

I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now... Come further up, come further in!

Yeah, yeah, it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye type of thing. There's that kind of irreverence to it the humor and in the reality of what's really going on that plays into this movie.

Of the great entrepreneurs of this era, people will have forgotten Steve Jobs.

I believe in love, but I don't sit around waiting for it. I buy houses.

Now I see why everybody who plays for him doesn't like him.

I hold we cannot be said to be aware of our minds save under responsibility.