Discover real peace and harmony within yourself, and naturally this will overflow to benefit others.

Work diligently. Diligently. Work patiently and persistently. Patiently and persistently. And you're bound to be successful. Bound to be successful.

If there is no peace in the minds of individuals, how can there be peace in the world? Make peace in your own mind first.

When one experiences truth, the madness of finding fault with others disappears.

The consequences of today are determined by the actions of the past. To change your future, alter your decisions today.

The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma - the way to liberation - which is universal.

One learns the art of dying by learning the art of living: how to become master of the present moment.

Peace and negativity cannot coexist just as light and darkness cannot coexist.

The only conversion involved in Vipassana is from misery to happiness, from bondage to liberation.

Removing old conditionings from the mind and training the mind to be more equaimous with every experience is the first step toward enabling one to experience true happiness.

Vipassana is the art of living. Not the art of escaping.

About two-thirds of Americans believe that the Bible "answers all or most of the basic questions of life"—and 28 percent of them admit that they rarely or never read it!

It starts with being unearthed. I like that word, unearthed, because we are being unearthed.

In the study of management, unfortunately, many writers have been so anxious to articulate a theory in the form of, "If you do this, this will result," that they never go through this careful effort.

To frown at pleasure, and to smile in pain.

Barack Obama is an incredibly intelligent, thoughtful, decisive person in pursuing the agenda he sets.

Just because you didn't speak the facts out loud didn't erase their existence. Silence was just a quieter way to lie.

If you can't love crudeness, how can you truly love mankind?

When you say you are in love with humanity, you are well satisfied with yourself.

Trophies should go to the winners. Self-esteem does not lead to success in life. Self-discipline and self-control do, and sports can help teach those.