While practicing mindfulness, don't be dominated by the distinction between good and evil, thus creating a battle within oneself.

Mindfulness is like that—it is the miracle which can call back in a flash our dispersed mind and restore it to wholeness so that we can live each minute of life.

Those who are without compassion cannot see what is seen with the eyes of compassion.

Only this actual moment is life.

Don't chase after your thoughts as a shadow follows its object. Don't run after your thoughts. Find joy and peace in this very moment .

The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person you are with, who is right before you,

A person who looks at the table and can see the universe is a person who can see the way.

Whatever the tasks, do them slowly and with ease, in mindfulness. Don't do any task in order to get it over with. Resolve to do each job in a relaxed way, with all your attention.

To take hold of your mind, you must practice mindfulness of the mind. You must know how to observe and recognize the presence of every feeling and thought which arises in you.

Now I see that if one doesn't know how to die, one can hardly know how to live - because deathis a part of life.

[A]ll the methods in the search for truth should be looked on as means rather than as ends in themselves or as absolute truth.

When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.

Forgiveness before one’s death, isn’t just about asking and receiving it, it’s also about forgiving others.

What we say and what we do ultimately comes back to us so let us own our responsibility place it in our hands and carry it with dignity and strength.

We all need illusions. That's why we love movies.

I clearly have done things that were wrong. I've clearly had to seek God's forgiveness.

Certain things, certain events, seem inexplicable only for a time: up to the moment when the veil is torn aside.

Grown up? Me? I suppose I have. Killing things, and almost killing myself, must have changed me some, after all.

Christianity had ceased to be the creed of the poor. He spoke with pompous exaggeration. Whether man were the best or the worst of created beings.

The whole of India was the home of every Indian who considered himself as one and behaved as such, no matter to what faith he belonged.

And you look beautiful without it, but I want you to feel just as beautiful as I see you.