Preventing war is much better than protesting against the war. Protesting the war is too late.

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.

Is there a word for when you are young and pretending to have lived and loved a thousand lives? Is there a German word for that? Let's say its schaufenfrieglasploit.

But that is what these people do - the Steves of this world - they all try and make something out of nothing. and they all do it for themselves.

Express [yourself] without worrying what everyone else will think. Those people are your limits. Ignore them.

Let the mind beware, that though the flesh be bugged, the circumstances of existence are pretty glorious.

Great things happen nationally when topmost leadership is goaded and supported from below.

Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of what they'll do to you.

Sometimes stories are inherently important whether or not they have a direct relation to your life.

It is a disgrace to let ignorance and vanity do more with us than prudence and principle.

The heart of true womanhood knows where its own sphere is, and never seeks to stray beyond it!