Only the present moment contains life.

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.

The course of a life can be changed with some well timed, lovingly asked, honestly answered questions.

Two Homeless People In Love Are Happier Than A lonely Man Living Alone In His Castle

When the man is at home his standing in society is well known and quietly taken but when he is abroad it is problematical and is dependent on the success of his manners.

Aurora is right,” Willa said, sounding sad to be agreeing with her.

You have to lose your mind in order to regain your senses.

A person who has not made peace with his losses is likely to accept gambles that would be unacceptable to him otherwise.

The church of St. Peter at Berlin, notwithstanding the total difference between them in the style of building, appears in some respects to have a great resemblance to St. Paul's in London.

Love is a jeering mime.

There can be no freedom in art and literature where the government determines who shall create them.

I'll bring the red wine, you bring the ludes.