People talk over and over about bodhichitta, but so often their heart is quite cold.

The answer lies within ourselves. If we can't find peace and happiness there, it's not going to come from the outside.

Meditation is for you to realise that the deepest nature of your existence is beyond thoughts and emotions, that it is incredibly vast and interconnected with all other beings.

If we greet situations with a positive attitude, we will eventually create positive returns. If we respond with a negative attitude, negative things will eventually come our way.

In the very deep darkness of this world, little pinpoints of light show up very brightly and can shine a long way.

Our pure awareness is not male or female.

The first thing is to learn how to quiet the mind, relax the mind, and bring the awareness to the front so that we are conscious of what we're doing when we're doing it without all the commentary.

Develop confidence in your innate qualities and believe that these qualities will be brought to fruition.

The Buddha himself said, "I still use conceptual thinking, but I'm not formed by it." And that's the Buddha.

Even if one isn't a committed Buddhist, it just helps us become better human beings.

We have produced many of our problems through our confused mental states.

Be careful of your mood and feelings, for there is an unbroken connection between your feelings and your visible world.

If they ask you about me, tell them “She was the only girl who loved me with honesty, and I broke her.”.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Existence came from God; death came by Adam; and immortality and eternal life come through Christ.

I grew up in the suburbs north of Atlanta. I had an amazing childhood, and I still go back to my home in Atlanta often.

Coming through the years, and finding that I not only have just the fans of my day, but the young ones of today - that's what it means, it means it was worth all of it.

I think I'm getting wealthy in ways that don't count at the bank.

Sometimes the greatest wounds are the ones we try the hardest not to inflict.

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.

...high end does not necessarily equal high price. It's a matter of attitude.