Look into a flower and you see the whole cosmos.

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.

Reverence is simply the experience of accepting that all Life is, in and of itself, of value.

If you must get in trouble, do it at the Chateau Marmont.

Memory is like a spiderweb that catches new information. The more it catches, the bigger it grows. And the bigger it grows, the more it catches.

Sometimes big things happen, and they echo. Those echoes crash across worlds. They are the ripples in the fabric of things. Often they manifest as storms. Reality is a fragile thing, after all.

Love is a wonderful thing. It makes life worthwhile. I love being in love.

I'm a prideful person when it comes to competition.

Through the mythology of Einstein, the world blissfully regained the image of knowledge reduced to a formula.

You don't have to let yourself be terrorized by other people's expectations of you.

How you end something as profound and important as a marriage is a reflection of how you live your life--financially, emotionally, and spiritually.