One of the things that kills Buddhist spiritual life is excessive seriousness.

Once you know your deepest wish you can base your life on intention rather than craving

You don't have to be equal, you don't have to be better, you don't have to be worse. You can just be at peace.

Mindfulness, by helping us notice our impulses before we act, gives us the opportunity to decide whether to act and how to act

If you want to attain peace, live peacefully

Who are you in the silence between your thoughts?

People who do not see their choices do not believe they have choices.

To be 'free' only when things are pleasant is not real freedom.

It can be easy to love all beings from a distance; it can be a great challenge when we have to live with them.

Nothing whatsoever is worth the cost of a contracted heart.

Freedom from clinging gives room in our hearts to grow.

It turns out there is only one possible thing to do in this circumstance, to wait the only way there is to wait through eternity, and that is through creativity.

Wisdom is not merchandise, hence it is possible to come across a rich fool.

A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.

I'm not the comic of the generation, I'm not even the funniest guy in my family.

Take them, O Death! and bear away Whatever thou canst call thine own! Thine image, stamped upon this clay, Doth give thee that, but that alone!

When you borrow you plan to pay back. We're stealing from our children - so many people have no intention of paying back.

Writing, printing, and the Internet give a false sense of security about the permanence of culture.

There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.

Fasting is the first principle of medicine.

Don't give me no rotten tomato, 'cause all I ever wanted was your sweet potato.