One learns the art of dying by learning the art of living: how to become master of the present moment.

Work diligently. Diligently. Work patiently and persistently. Patiently and persistently. And you're bound to be successful. Bound to be successful.

If there is no peace in the minds of individuals, how can there be peace in the world? Make peace in your own mind first.

When one experiences truth, the madness of finding fault with others disappears.

Discover real peace and harmony within yourself, and naturally this will overflow to benefit others.

The consequences of today are determined by the actions of the past. To change your future, alter your decisions today.

The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma - the way to liberation - which is universal.

Peace and negativity cannot coexist just as light and darkness cannot coexist.

The only conversion involved in Vipassana is from misery to happiness, from bondage to liberation.

Removing old conditionings from the mind and training the mind to be more equaimous with every experience is the first step toward enabling one to experience true happiness.

Vipassana is the art of living. Not the art of escaping.

Cleverness isn't always true nor is the truth always clever.

Ignorance shuts the mind’s door tight

The meeting began well, meaning it had the potential for being short.

Have but few friends though many acquaintances.

In a world of massive wealth and income inequality, Europe must support Greece’s efforts to build an economy which creates more jobs and income, not more unemployment and suffering.

Hell is the absence of the people you long for.

It's more important to be interesting, to be vivid, and to be adventurous than to sit pretty for pictures.

We use Ann sparingly right now so that people don't get tired of her.

But I just really think there is a natural extension into other types of media because it's an excellent system for reliably locating and retrieving content.

As your reputation gets bigger, the gaps and chances to go through them get smaller.