In any given moment we are either practicing mindfulness, or defacto, we are practicing mindlessness.

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.

The little things? The little moments? They aren't little.

Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.

Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are.

If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear.

Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see? What do you hear?

All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.

We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.

I would court you, with all the grace and courtesy that you deserve,

Remember that fear causes to happen the very things it fears. That's why fear should be unknown to us.

Act. Procrastination costs money.

The leadership of engagement begins by reconnecting to the physicality and the people of a company, not simply its spreadsheet. It all begins in the workplace.

What am I doing here?

No man can possibly be benevolent or religious, to the full extent of his obligations, without concerning himself, to a greater or less extent, with the affairs of human government.

You can't find returns in investments you haven't made.

Psychologically, it's better that I think that I'm dirt.

Second records aren't usually very good. Even Bob Dylan's was a bit disappointing.

Greed, the desire to incorporate, is magnified and fed back to produce the pretan realms, just as hate creates the hells.