When I was in retreat I just did my meditation sessions and, in-between, reading and things I had to do.

The answer lies within ourselves. If we can't find peace and happiness there, it's not going to come from the outside.

Meditation is for you to realise that the deepest nature of your existence is beyond thoughts and emotions, that it is incredibly vast and interconnected with all other beings.

If we greet situations with a positive attitude, we will eventually create positive returns. If we respond with a negative attitude, negative things will eventually come our way.

In the very deep darkness of this world, little pinpoints of light show up very brightly and can shine a long way.

Our pure awareness is not male or female.

The first thing is to learn how to quiet the mind, relax the mind, and bring the awareness to the front so that we are conscious of what we're doing when we're doing it without all the commentary.

Develop confidence in your innate qualities and believe that these qualities will be brought to fruition.

The Buddha himself said, "I still use conceptual thinking, but I'm not formed by it." And that's the Buddha.

Even if one isn't a committed Buddhist, it just helps us become better human beings.

We have produced many of our problems through our confused mental states.

A mind stretched by a new ideanever shrinks back to its original proportions. ~

The wolf demands her mate. But the woman loathes the man.

...the human animal is a selfish beast...

New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.

The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry enough.

Sounds of life and movement, people getting ready and people giving up, the sound of hope and the sound of hanging on, and behind them all, the quiet, deadly ticking of a thousand hungry clocks.

I had the hardest time not crying, the entire time that I was filming.

People mess up and make mistakes all the time. Everyone deserves a second chance right? - Brandon

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