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

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.

Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.

If they ask you how rich you are, tell them to look inside your heart.

If you add the shadow of death to a moment of passion you are in that instant free of all normal ties, your mind grows still and your body enters a state of non-being.

It is of no consequence what others think of you. What matters is what you think of them. That is how you live your life.

Perhaps adjustment and stabilization, while good because it cuts your pain, is also bad because development towards a higher ideal ceases?

In this world of Maya, which is averse to the Lord, full of trials and tribulations, only patience, humility and respect for others are our friends for Hari bhajana.

I think the most annoying language is a tie between all the ones I don't know how to speak.

When I'm worried and I can't sleep I count my blessings instead of sheep.

Man is perishing. That may be, and if it is nothingness that awaits us let us so act that it will be an unjust fate.

Nobody is hurt. Hurt is in the mind. If you can walk, you can run.

The climate is changing. This year we have come to understand this when we faced events that resulted in fires.