To abandon the present in order to look for things in the future is to throw away the substance and hold onto the shadow.

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.

Countries adopting free-market capitalism have increased output 70-fold, halved work days and doubled lifespans.

There is always a way out, as there is a way in

Success comes when people act together; failure tends to happen alone.

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each tomorrow Find us farther than today.

Football, basketball, and the Olympic sports all have their problems with banned substances.

Rebellion per se is not a virtue. If it were, we would have some heroes on very low levels.

I think there was no other profession for me. I was either going into an insane asylum or to be an actor.

The idea of playing a part where I get to wear a completely undetectable hairpiece... you can't walk away from that.

Revival is simply New Testament Christianity, the saints going back to normal.

Love will not be spurred to what it loathes