Every path, every street in the world is your walking meditation path.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.

Around us, life bursts with miracles, a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible.

The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.

Share your light and wisdom, let it flow outwards and touch people. By raising your energy you will help others and you will also add to the awareness of the collective consciousness.

You know you're a writer when the words don't stop!

I take care of myself, which includes dieting, exercising and minimising stress. I joke that I've been on a diet since 1974, which is basically true.

After a child has arrived at the legal age for attending school,-whether he be the child of noble or of peasant,-the only two absolute grounds of exemption from attendance are sickness and death.

I want to get to the end and feel that I've done all I could, given the limitations and given the opportunities.

Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment?

Jesus was a lover of life, a very affirmative person, but Christianity is life-negative.

[The blues] is the antidote for sadness and depression.

Such men as he be never at heart's ease Whiles they behold a greater than themselves, And therefore are they very dangerous.

I played sports, so I understood quickly I shouldn't be eating fast food because it was slowing me down, making me feel lousy and lazy, and my instincts were not working as they should.