Each decision we make, each action we take, is born out of an intention.

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.

The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.

We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

We spend our lives searching for something we think we don't have, something that will make us happy. But the key to our deepest happiness lies in changing our vision of where to seek it.

If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you'll be living in a world with less fear, isolation and loneliness.

What comes up is not nearly as important as how you relate to what comes up.

You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine

All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others

Mindfulness allows us to watch our thoughts, see how one thought leads to the next, decide if we're heading down an unhealthy path, and, if so, let go and change directions.

All things are strange which are worth knowing.

Religion became the evil of our society when it started to teach resentment and hate instead of unconditional love and wisdom.

We are all the construction of a story and it is only at the end that we can assess the value of the plot. ("Everybody his story")

Serving and attempting to inspire others is a responsibility, not a choice.

Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee.

Thus you may understand that love alone is the true seed of every merit in you, and of all acts for which you must atone.

We are all naturally xenophobic.

I have nothing but the embittered sun; Banished heroic mother moon and vanished, And now that I have come to fifty years I must endure the timid sun.