In order to be loved, we have to love, which means we have to understand.

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.

See--two who dreamed that dream, and you were one.

A problem is nothing more than a solution outstanding.

Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval.

One who rules is ruled.

Before dance came into my life, I don't really remember having any major goals or dreams of wanting to be anything.

There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so.

What I try to do is don't have any ups and downs. I emphasize taking the same approach.

There cannot be Ups in a roller-coaster ride unless there are Downs.

When I first broke into the acting industry, I taught spinning classes to support myself.

Herein lies our problem. If we level that much land to grow rice and whatever, then no other animal could live there except for some insect pest species. Which is very unfortunate.