The Buddha said that no true spiritual life is possible without a generous heart. . . . Generosity allies itself with an inner feeling of abundance - the feeling that we have enough to share.

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.

The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.

We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

We spend our lives searching for something we think we don't have, something that will make us happy. But the key to our deepest happiness lies in changing our vision of where to seek it.

If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you'll be living in a world with less fear, isolation and loneliness.

What comes up is not nearly as important as how you relate to what comes up.

You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine

All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others

Mindfulness allows us to watch our thoughts, see how one thought leads to the next, decide if we're heading down an unhealthy path, and, if so, let go and change directions.

Dying isn’t like living; it requires no effort at all.

I think the economy is the point of greatest uncertainty for most people.

I have a love/hate relationship with just about all technology in my life. My first typewriter in particular. I had a helluva time putting new ribbon on it.

It is easier to learn a bad habit than to break one. It is easier to break a good habit than to learn one.

The new prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, while a vast improvement on his predecessor is not doing much, if anything, to slow that process done.

I'm a guy desperately in need of buffers. I have big feelings, big reactions, big emotions. All the things that serve me as an artist, but challenge me as a socially-responsible human being.

Don't ever make the same mistake twice unless it pays.

People think that God wants our offerings. God does not need anything from us. He is the giver. He is like the sun - the giver of light.

Cause the sweetest kiss I ever got is the one I've never tasted

Bushido is realised in the presence of death. In the case of having to choose between life and death you should choose death. There is no other reasoning.