Too much of the education system orients students toward becoming better thinkers, but there is almost no focus on our capacity to pay attention and cultivate awareness.

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.

The little things? The little moments? They aren't little.

Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.

Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are.

If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear.

Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see? What do you hear?

All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.

We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.

You possess other people's...bodies."He accepted that statement with a nod."Do you want to possess my body?""I want to do a lot of things to your body, but that's not one of them.

Everyone has a past, but that's just it--it's in the past. You can learn from it, but you can't change it.

So much of life is in the smallness of moments...but they are harder to mark. So we need the grander celebrations and occasions. People like to feel significant

The Body Shop Foundation is run by our staff and supports social activism and environmental activism. We don't tend to support big agencies.

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.

Paradises an only be made with our own hands, with our own creativity in harmony with the free creativity of nature.

As an actor, you deal with so much rejection and humiliation. When the good things come around, you tend not to trust your instincts.

Everything looks beautiful in Life of Pi.

Oh God, I just kissed a vampire!" Oh Gods, I just kissed a human!

Meadowlark was the most sensational, awesome, incredible basketball player I've ever seen.