To be enlightened doesn't mean you end up stupefied and unable to function.

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.

Life is not a destination to be reached, but it is a journey to be enjoyed.

Beauty is potent but money is omnipotent.

Ultimate influence is the ability to get the results you want from others while helping them feel genuinely good about themselves.

If your friend is critical [of your work], you have to have a very thick skin and a thick skin is something that only builds up after it's callused for awhile.

Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.

I never dreamed of so much happiness when I was the Ugly Duckling!

The East is a montage. It is old and it is young, very green in summer, very white in winter, gregarious, withdrawn and at once both sophisticated and provincial.

If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice.

Easier to change, than to suffer. Grow out of your childishness.That is all.

Few things sound so beautiful as the poetic accent of a Welsh woman.