When we eat mindfully, we consume exactly what we need to keep our bodies, our minds, and the Earth healthy. When we practice like this, we reduce suffering for ourselves and for others.

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 more to life than working for money.

Don't let your teeth make you lose respect by permanently keeping them opened for the sake of being friendly.

To Truth's house there is a single door, which is experience.

Make the best use of both time and money. Add industry and frugal dealings if they pay very well and if you're free to it.

No, I don't like recording. It's a bore.

I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures.

I ran five miles today. Then, finally, I said, 'Here, lady...take your purse.'

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.

I will risk everything to avoid being bored.

Faith in yourself, in your friends, in your colleagues and most of all, faith in your ability to impact our future is the best strategy I know.