Don't chase after your thoughts as a shadow follows its object. Don't run after your thoughts. Find joy and peace in this very moment .

Mindfulness is like that—it is the miracle which can call back in a flash our dispersed mind and restore it to wholeness so that we can live each minute of life.

Those who are without compassion cannot see what is seen with the eyes of compassion.

Only this actual moment is life.

The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person you are with, who is right before you,

While practicing mindfulness, don't be dominated by the distinction between good and evil, thus creating a battle within oneself.

A person who looks at the table and can see the universe is a person who can see the way.

Whatever the tasks, do them slowly and with ease, in mindfulness. Don't do any task in order to get it over with. Resolve to do each job in a relaxed way, with all your attention.

To take hold of your mind, you must practice mindfulness of the mind. You must know how to observe and recognize the presence of every feeling and thought which arises in you.

Now I see that if one doesn't know how to die, one can hardly know how to live - because deathis a part of life.

[A]ll the methods in the search for truth should be looked on as means rather than as ends in themselves or as absolute truth.

Being able to read a book in another language is a source of ego-stroking pride.

Everyone is asleep. They've all been asleep for years. You seemed ... awake.' Alex is whispering now. He closes his eyes, opens them again.'I'm tired of sleeping.

They're called 'angels' because they're in heaven until the reviews come out.

You are capable of more than you realize. You are far more capable than you were even 12 months ago. Next year you will be able to do things you can't imagine doing today.

The only antidote to the magic of images is the magic of words.

If you are talented, you can really do anything. And if your heart is at the right place and you have the passion for it, you can go for it and do it.

We amuse ourselves painting our prison-walls with bright figures and brilliant landscapes.

Nothing has any power except the power that you give it.

The most perceptive character in a play is the fool, because the man who wishes to seem simple cannot possibly be a simpleton.

To accept some idea of truth without experiencing it is like a painting of a cake on paper which you cannot eat.