They criticize the silent ones. They criticize the talkative ones. They criticize the moderate ones. There is no one in the world who escapes criticism.

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.

There is never a bad joke, it's adressing to a wrong audience that makes it look bad!

Everybody has their moment of great opportunity in life. If you happen to miss the one you care about, then everything else becomes eerily easy.

I don't pay much attention to career or what other people think. I've always been quite arrogant.

I was not going to kick back and wait for the unknown. I was going to dive in and become a full-time healing junkie.

If I put my mind to something and really want it, I'll go after it and get it.

I've always been sort of entrepreneurial. ... I felt that I needed to learn how to write and produce so I could write my own thing and not worry about Hollywood finding me.

There is a much bigger picture we are all striving for. To sweat the small stuff just stresses you out for no reason.

Leaders who keep promises and followers who respond in kind create an opportunity generate enormous energy around their commitment to serve others.

The quiet, singing voice of the rose. The song that promised all might be well, all might be well, that all manner of things might be well.