Think about the suffering we cause ourselves internally through getting angry or jealous.

Happiness is a beautiful feeling. It is a beautiful mind, and a peaceful mind

Desire also creates a sense of attachment in the mind. Not only are we attached to our way of thinking and of seeing the world, but we become over-attached to the people or things we desire.

We can become fearless as we let go off our grasp on the fear of failure, because failure too is a perception rather than a reality.

It is important to be considerate of the future, but when we invest all of our present in our future hopes, we are placing a lot of value on what is inevitably in doubt.

Through meditation, difficult thoughts and emotions may well rise up. And through practice, you can meet such emotions with kindness, listen to them, explore them and then really let them go.

We are nourished by our relationships and generosity in return to our kindness and compassion for others.

Someone who is said to have a big ego is thought to be full of themselves, to lack the ability to listen, to always rush to be at the top of the tree and to think their own ideas are the best.

It is through the filter of our ego that we give meaning to everything we see, touch, hear, taste and feel.

Having a roof over your head with enough food to eat is a fundamental need of all humans if they are to achieve happiness.

The tendency of the human mind is to see the world with a ‘dualistic’ view that describes everything through comparisons: good and bad, pain and happiness, beauty and ugliness, rich and poor.

In The End, Humans Will Become Humans Own Worst Enemy.

I am pretty happy. But there are so many things I have to still improve.

Compromise is when one person wants to rob a bank and the other person does not, and they compromise to rob a person outside of the bank.

The secret of doing well on TV is to understand that it's not too important. A lot of people watching doesn't change anything.

Usually the person who rises within an organization has a good attitude. The promotions did not give that individual an outstanding attitude, but an outstanding attitude resulted in promotions.

They said I ignored the drug problem. Well, I gave speeches on drugs, I wrote books on drugs. I did darn near everything on drugs!

I'm not a man deeply interested in technology. It eludes me. I confess I don't even have a computer, I don't have a cell phone.

You're constantly guided by the last thing you made.

It's not what you do, it's how you feel while doing it.

What I remember as a child is that other kids didn't care about suffering. I always did.