Only this actual moment is life.

Mindfulness is like that—it is the miracle which can call back in a flash our dispersed mind and restore it to wholeness so that we can live each minute of life.

Those who are without compassion cannot see what is seen with the eyes of compassion.

Don't chase after your thoughts as a shadow follows its object. Don't run after your thoughts. Find joy and peace in this very moment .

The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person you are with, who is right before you,

While practicing mindfulness, don't be dominated by the distinction between good and evil, thus creating a battle within oneself.

A person who looks at the table and can see the universe is a person who can see the way.

Whatever the tasks, do them slowly and with ease, in mindfulness. Don't do any task in order to get it over with. Resolve to do each job in a relaxed way, with all your attention.

To take hold of your mind, you must practice mindfulness of the mind. You must know how to observe and recognize the presence of every feeling and thought which arises in you.

Now I see that if one doesn't know how to die, one can hardly know how to live - because deathis a part of life.

[A]ll the methods in the search for truth should be looked on as means rather than as ends in themselves or as absolute truth.

Sometimes your music sounds like there’s too much inside you. Maybe even you couldn’t get it all out. Maybe that’s why you died. Like you exploded from the inside.

One always likes to do the things for which one has ability.

It is up to us not to bury that potential we have.

If you're clear on what you believe, you have a great foundation to go make a market.

The state of perpetual emptiness is, of course, very good for business.

Wow, I do have all day and I get to choose.

Discomfort of any kind becomes the basis for practice. We breathe in knowing our pain is shared.

I stand there, feeling broken and small, thousands of eyes trained on me.

I don't have perfect pitch. My drums sound like a drummer, not a drum machine.