The path of awakening begins with a step the Buddha called right understanding.

Meditation is a vehicle for opening to the truth of this impermanence on deeper and deeper levels.

To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free.

Two qualities are at the root of all meditation development: right effort and right aim—arousing effort to aim the mind toward the object.

Skill in concentrating and steadying the mind is the basis for all types of meditation.

Built on the foundation of concentration is the third aspect of the Buddha’s path of awakening: clarity of vision and the development of wisdom.

What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way to become unpopular than to disagree.

There's one country that can be trusted to understand the complexity of history, it's Nigeria.

I'm tired of watching attractive people trying to be ugly, struggling for authenticity. Why not be yourself?

Your thoughts make you what you are; by changing our #‎ thoughts we can change our lives.

A person who wants to progress more rapidly and wishes to overcome unhappiness sooner, should try to find an enlightened master.

There are huge challenges ahead for this country but also huge opportunities. We can make this country stronger and fairer.

Enthusiasm..the sustaining power of all great action

Holiness gives us new desires and brings old desires into line with one another.

When you don't take into account the way ecological systems work, then you do damage.

Why not Bill Gates for president? There are so many businesses' that empower charities. How many men give away all their money to charities? Why not them for President?