Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos — the trees, the clouds, everything.

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.

...a third [of three] had died in his bunk of natural causes--for a dagger in the heart quite naturally ends one's life.

Create/add value to your life on a daily basis

Man is the head of the family, just as Christ is the Head of the Church.

There are only two forces that unite men-fear and interest.

I want to give people jobs and put them on great shows. I want to create careers for people.

In acting, you're only responsible for your part. When you're directing, the load is on your shoulders, so you have to feel a strong connection to the material. It's a higher bar to get over.

Grow up, Donald Trump. Grow up. Time to be an adult. You're president. You've got to do something. Show us what you have.

I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment.

Our differences are our strength as a species and as a world community.

When you read something that good, it's terrifying because you're thinking, "Oh, god, what if I don't get this?"