Buddhas continue to live on through their teachings as dharma bodies. Their spirits become manifest in the sangha (spiritual community) where their teachings are passed on.

What is most important is to go deep into ourselves and discover the loving kindness and compassion of the buddha within - the awakened nature we all possess.

Speculation and constant judging will only limit what you see. Expand your sight by looking at everything in life as an opportunity to develop and transform yourself.

Nirvana means to extinguish the burning fires of the Three Poisons: greed, anger, and ignorance. This can be accomplished by letting go of dissatisfaction.

Many are those who pity others while being blind to their own misfortunes.

Examine the present and learn from the past to see how the future will unfold. Too often we just look at the present and base our actions solely on that.

The Buddha shared his teachings so that everyone, without exception, could reach the same supreme state of liberation that he had attained through practice and effort.

To reflect on everything in daily life is to nurture your buddha nature.

In the Eucharist, priest and people together come to concelebrate. Here the ladder Jacob saw only as a dream becomes for us a reality, the medicine that cures our souls.

Expectation is contentment - Gain satiety.

Your conduct matters a great deal. What’s in your mind matters even more.

The evening of a well spent youth brings it's lamps with it.

I think every woman should have a blowtorch.

Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always makes you less than you are.

The worst thing about war was the sitting around and wondering what you were doing morally.

When you're playing someone who really lived, you carry a burden, a burden to be accurate. But it's one that you have to let go of ultimately.

Every new day begins with possibilities.

That's what I love about being mayor. Even if the problem is getting the cat out of the tree - from that to the biggest problem, you're in charge. No ambiguity. Leaders lead.