To be completely enlightened means that you're a Buddha.I don't speak of enlightenment.

The answer lies within ourselves. If we can't find peace and happiness there, it's not going to come from the outside.

Meditation is for you to realise that the deepest nature of your existence is beyond thoughts and emotions, that it is incredibly vast and interconnected with all other beings.

If we greet situations with a positive attitude, we will eventually create positive returns. If we respond with a negative attitude, negative things will eventually come our way.

In the very deep darkness of this world, little pinpoints of light show up very brightly and can shine a long way.

Our pure awareness is not male or female.

The first thing is to learn how to quiet the mind, relax the mind, and bring the awareness to the front so that we are conscious of what we're doing when we're doing it without all the commentary.

Develop confidence in your innate qualities and believe that these qualities will be brought to fruition.

The Buddha himself said, "I still use conceptual thinking, but I'm not formed by it." And that's the Buddha.

Even if one isn't a committed Buddhist, it just helps us become better human beings.

We have produced many of our problems through our confused mental states.

I felt a wave of longing roll out of me, but not the way it usually did, diffuse and sad. This was hopeful, as though it had been coaxed out by a whispered promise.

A Dirty Clown Is a Ridiculously Clean when standing amongst Politicians.

Be the same still mountain self and mountain peace no matter what the external conditions.

Why wait for Death to mow? why wait for Death to sow us in the ground?

The true worth of a soul is revealed as much by the motive it attributes to the actions of others as by its own deeds.

Il n'y a de réalité que dans l'action. (There is no reality except in action.)

Virtue is the first title of nobility.

You know, I get much more Jewish in Israel because I like the way that religion is done there.

Then shut up or grab a sword and come help. (Takeshi) Is that a challenge? (Savitar) It would be if I didn’t know for a fact that you’re too lazy to rise to one. (Takeshi)

Usually Mexico, or always Mexico has defended itself and its territory.