Mindfulness is the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves.

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.

we founded Editas Medicine with $43 million in financing from three venture capital firms.

If you've got it flaunt it. If you do not pretend.

Sure, I'd love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.

Money is the root of all good.

I went there anyway-knowingly, willingly-because I wanted a number one hit. I wanted what Metallica had, even if it meant selling a piece of my soul to the devil.

Who never walks save where he sees men's tracks makes no discoveries.

For once I'm not the guy losing my temper all the time.

I had some wonderful times in my 20s, but your 20s are hard.

A father is a fellow who has replaced the currency in his wallet with snapshots of his kids.

You have no idea if your idea matters until you share it.