Anxiety is the illness of our age. We worry about ourselves, our family, our friends, our work, and our state of the world. If we allow worry to fill our hearts, sooner or later we will get sick.

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.

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals.

Our agenda, by necessity, is as complex and encompassing as the problems we face: beware of politicians promising simple solutions.

We're dealing with a crisis of inequality, of joblessness, of underemployment.

I'm not really one for regrets.

She went crazy with a calm face, justifiably so.

The right word is always a power, and communicates its definiteness to our action.

As far as missile defense is concerned, a very thorough consultation process is underway.

Things couldn't stay the same forever.

You don't have to underestimate your audience anymore. They'd actually like to laugh a little bit. So, the character came to me and once it's got its grips in you, there's nowhere to go.

You can't avoid pain, but you can choose to overcome it.