As a human being, you have the right to get angry; but as a practitioner, you do not have the right to stop practicing.

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.

It’s not a lack of opportunity around me. Rather, it’s a lack of faith within me.

Disruption causes vast sums of money to flow from existing businesses and business models to new entrants.

We are totally committed to ending partition and to creating the conditions for unity and independence.

When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.

'Dancing on My Own' is actually a really sad song! It has totally made me cry.

When I began to read as an adult, my first big enthusiasm was Evelyn Waugh. I read almost exclusively novelists of a generation back. I did the Russians, then I started getting more up to date.

All caught up in the trends, well the truth began to bend.

It's secret that evangelical Christians are critical players in Republican primaries.

The blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits