Samsara is the mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections. Nirvana is the mind turned inwardly, recognizing its true nature.

Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light.

We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.

The most essential thing in life is to establish an unafraid, heartfelt communication with others.

Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life reveals just the opposite: that letting go is the real path to freedom.

Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.

The key to finding a happy balance in modern lives is simplicity.

Speak or act with a pure mind and happiness will follow.

Just as the ocean has waves or the sun has rays, so the minds's own radiance is its thoughts and emotions.

What we have to learn, in both meditation and in life, is to be free of attachment to the good experiences, and free of aversion to the negative ones.

It is compassion, then, that is the best protection; it is also, as the great masters of the past have always known, the source of all healing.

You judge people in the context of their time, not in the context of ours.

The best technology is aimed far enough in the future that it stands out, but close enough to the present that it blends in.

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.

I just don't want to forget this first day of the rest of my life!

I will come back to you, I swear I will; And you will know me still. I shall be only a little taller Than when I went.

Players with fight never lose a game, they just run out of time

It is funny how you do not miss affection until it is given, but once it is, it can never be enough; you would drown in it if possible.

Is it not a thing divine to have a smile which, none know how, has the power to lighten the weight of that enormous chain which all the living in common drag behind them?

I believe in destiny. I believe destiny opens doors for you, but it's up to you to walk through them.