Dear friends, do you know that you are lucky people? You don't have any cows to lose.

Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.

It is my conviction that there is no way to peace - peace is the way.

If you suffer and make your loved ones suffer, there is nothing that can justify your desire.

If you miss the present moment, you miss your appointment with life. It’s so clear. Mindfulness is the energy and practice that helps you go back to the here and now so that you encounter life.

The bad things, don't do them.The good things, try to do them.Try to purify, subdue your own mind.That is the teaching of all buddhas.

Nothing on earth hurts my soul deeper than her.

... We need the sweet pain of anticipation to tell us we are really alive.

Indulgence comes in all varieties: a mouthful of gourmet chocolate, a hot stone massage, a week in Paris or 20 uninterrupted minutes to getlost in a book.

You have the ability, now apply yourself.

Your waking adult life is going to be spent in what you do professionally, so you'd better like the journey and not just aim for the destination.

We're not running out of [fixed] targets. Afghanistan is.

She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table.

A snob is unreliable. The work he praises might just be good.

I didn't realize how good I was with computers until I met my parents.

I'm going back to the old Shaq. I was normal last year - I was an earthling last summer. I had to go back to my alien roots.