That is why those who are not capable of being there in the present moment, they don't really live their life - they live like dead people.

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.

Sin is passionate lust in the flesh.

It's so important to listen to music, to listen again and again. Eat, sleep and drink music.

Even though sometimes you can control your anger, you can't control your sadness.

If ever they remembered their life in this world it was as one remembers a dream.

Happiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them.

When you need a friend most is when no one is cheering.

When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all.

He who boasts of a favor bestowed, would like it back again.

We should not have the U.S. government buying stock in American industries - the financial industry or any other industry.

I happen to be immature, undisciplined, and self-centered, pretty much a little boy in a man's body, although I'd appreciate it if you didn't quote me on that. -Bobby Tom