To be a monk is to have time to practice for your transformation and healing. And after that to help with the transformation and healing of other people.

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.

Keep your negativity to yourself. After watching you poison your own life with your opinions, I would be foolish to let you do the same to mine.

I don't believe in superheroes but I love Batman movies. There's a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.

Heaven breathes thro' ev'ry member of the whole One common blessing, as one common soul.

Can I remember "I remember lots," I say. How much of what I remember is true is another matter.

We need to EARN the right to be leaders. It is to our peril when we are given things for which we are not qualified. For Believers, we must only engage in activities for which the Lord has called us.

I'm a person who likes habit and knowing what my job is.

I mean that I think I find the psychology of people more interesting than politics. I think the psychology of politics is more interesting than straight politics.

He's skating like he's 36 again.

When placed in the same system, people, however different, tend to produce similar results.

If our hours were all serene, we might probably take almost as little note of them as the dial does of those that are clouded.