Knowing that anger makes me ugly, I smile instead. I return to myself and meditate on love.

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.

The only reason you continue to love someone who treats you poorly is because you don't value yourself enough.

Memories come back... the whole beginng comes out with a new end.

Every day is a new journey for me, and I feel like, in my lifetime, I've been blessed to experience such a lot.

Well, as a kid I did not get Shakespeare. I just never understood it.

He that seeks perfection upon earth leaves nothing new for the saints to find in heaven; for whilst men teach, there will be mistakes in divinity, and as long as no other govern, errors in the State.

The only decent people I ever saw at the racecourse were horses.

Choose something you are passionate about - or a pain point that has affected you and that you feel really needs to be changed.

Part of why I love Greek food so much is that it is simple, but it's unpretentious. It's authentic.

The way to grow strong in Christ is to become weak in yourself.

This world has angels all too few, and heaven is overflowing.