The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person you are with, who is right before you,

Mindfulness is like that—it is the miracle which can call back in a flash our dispersed mind and restore it to wholeness so that we can live each minute of life.

Those who are without compassion cannot see what is seen with the eyes of compassion.

Only this actual moment is life.

Don't chase after your thoughts as a shadow follows its object. Don't run after your thoughts. Find joy and peace in this very moment .

While practicing mindfulness, don't be dominated by the distinction between good and evil, thus creating a battle within oneself.

A person who looks at the table and can see the universe is a person who can see the way.

Whatever the tasks, do them slowly and with ease, in mindfulness. Don't do any task in order to get it over with. Resolve to do each job in a relaxed way, with all your attention.

To take hold of your mind, you must practice mindfulness of the mind. You must know how to observe and recognize the presence of every feeling and thought which arises in you.

Now I see that if one doesn't know how to die, one can hardly know how to live - because deathis a part of life.

[A]ll the methods in the search for truth should be looked on as means rather than as ends in themselves or as absolute truth.

How hurtful it can be to deny one's true self and live a life of lies just to appease others.

True, but Little Sister is patient and she's always watching.

Oh,Elizabeth, your justice would freeze beer.

I actually acted onstage before I'd ever seen a live performance, and I loved it.

Ah, words are poor receipts for what time hath stole away.

When you consider the opportunity and power He had to really do a job, and then look at the stupid, ugly little mess He made of it instead, His sheer incompetence is almost staggering.

For hundreds of years Iranians have been migrating to many parts of the world. They took Islamic culture to other parts of the world and established it there.

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

Tragedies come in the hungry hours.

The clarity of Scripture means that the Bible is written in such a way that its teachings are able to be understood by all who will read it seeking God's help and being willing to follow it.