We are nourished by our relationships and generosity in return to our kindness and compassion for others.

Happiness is a beautiful feeling. It is a beautiful mind, and a peaceful mind

Desire also creates a sense of attachment in the mind. Not only are we attached to our way of thinking and of seeing the world, but we become over-attached to the people or things we desire.

We can become fearless as we let go off our grasp on the fear of failure, because failure too is a perception rather than a reality.

It is important to be considerate of the future, but when we invest all of our present in our future hopes, we are placing a lot of value on what is inevitably in doubt.

Through meditation, difficult thoughts and emotions may well rise up. And through practice, you can meet such emotions with kindness, listen to them, explore them and then really let them go.

Someone who is said to have a big ego is thought to be full of themselves, to lack the ability to listen, to always rush to be at the top of the tree and to think their own ideas are the best.

It is through the filter of our ego that we give meaning to everything we see, touch, hear, taste and feel.

Think about the suffering we cause ourselves internally through getting angry or jealous.

Having a roof over your head with enough food to eat is a fundamental need of all humans if they are to achieve happiness.

The tendency of the human mind is to see the world with a ‘dualistic’ view that describes everything through comparisons: good and bad, pain and happiness, beauty and ugliness, rich and poor.

...home is a magnet that lures back even its most abstracted children. But whether tomorrow or years from now, I cannot guess.

War is hell. Hollywood fantasizes about it and makes it look good... war sucks.

Delimitation is always difficult. The world is one, life is one. The sweetest and most heavenly of activities partake in some measure of violence - the act of love, for instance; music, for instance.

Our mistakes don't make or break us - if we're lucky, they simply reveal who we really are, what we're really made of.

I was only glad to be saved and never once thought to ask why.

See every crack, every detail. I learned to really see and not just look at my business.

I saw that Meryl Streep said, I just want to do my job well. And really, that's all I'm ever trying to do.

You can't judge an internal injury by the size of the hole.

Joy:show joy & enjoy: then others will be joyful.

Constant happiness is the philosopher's stone of the soul.