To let go in the deepest recesses of the heart, to release all struggle and wanting, leads us to that knowing which is timeless.

The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

Most of us have spent our lives caught up in plans, expectations, ambitions for the future; in regrets, guilt or shame about the past. To come into the present is to stop the war.

We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.

Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and beautiful.

In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived How well we have loved How well we have learned to let go

Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.

Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting.

The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.

And since when is stealing people's possessions the call of God? you are all hypocrites who have suddenly come into power, and you don't know how to handle it

If someone breaks your best friend's heart, you should break their face

There are two kinds of persons which cannot be trusted in this world : the ones who do not greet you with a firm handshake and the ones who do not eat prawn heads.

The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.

You say that I should be your teacher! See to it that I am your pinion and not your brake.

I think everything in life is an evolution, isn't it?

Computer science departments have always considered 'user interface' research to be sissy work.

I think the greatest lesson I have just recently learned is how powerful the mind is, informing our decision making unknowingly.

An extremely effective instrument would be to put a price on carbon. It is only through the market that you can get a large enough and rapid enough response [to climate change]

When management and labor (employer and employee) both understand they are all on the same side, then each will prosper more.