My true desire is to relieve others of their pain, though I myself may fall into hell.

The true meaning of the precepts is that one should refrain not only from drinking alcohol but also from getting drunk on nirvana.

All words and sayings gently turn, returning to the self.

Do you wish to see clearly and be free?

Reciting part of a sutra with the desire to benefit others is like reciting a recipe in the hope it will prevent people from starving.

Be an instrument of redemption, there are still unreached people

The overriding reason why we should take other people's cultures seriously is because God has taken ours seriously.

If Republicans eliminate Medicare, America will become a country in which you can never retire - and once you physically can no longer work, you are desperately poor until you die.

Yoga is the fountain of youth. You're only as young as your spine is flexible.

I won't yield to anyone about guns in our society. I know enough about it.

Don't settle! Embrace a dream--and keep dreaming. Don't be a bystander. Take it personally.

Neglect starts out as an infection then becomes a disease.

A man must have a battle to fight, a great mission to his life that involves and yet transcends even home and family.

Fathers need to be tough and tender...you be tough for your family, be tender with your family. You protect them, and you be a safe place.

Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.