Breathe and you dwell in the here and now, breath and you see impermanence is life.

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.

People would want to get safe and come to Christ because they see the evidence in your life not because you quote the scriptures to them.

The most important part of discernment is pinpointing the forces to be reckoned with, both the constructive and destructive.

If at first you succeed don't take any more stupid chances.

A lot of the issues that I see, it is not an either-or situation.

Your body's always going through changes. It's fattening or thinning or wrinkling or blotching, and the only thing you really have control over is putting some decoration on it.

If you wanted a safe job, go sell shoes. This is a tough business.

Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness.

Donald Trump will do what he is told is the right thing to do in complying with the law.

I went to a segregated school; I was born a Negro, not a black man.

Flying is the best possible thing for women.