What should we "do" with the mind in meditation? Nothing. Just leave it, simply, as it is.

Light must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness to leave; you must turn on the light.

We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.

The most essential thing in life is to establish an unafraid, heartfelt communication with others.

Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life reveals just the opposite: that letting go is the real path to freedom.

Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.

The key to finding a happy balance in modern lives is simplicity.

Speak or act with a pure mind and happiness will follow.

Just as the ocean has waves or the sun has rays, so the minds's own radiance is its thoughts and emotions.

What we have to learn, in both meditation and in life, is to be free of attachment to the good experiences, and free of aversion to the negative ones.

It is compassion, then, that is the best protection; it is also, as the great masters of the past have always known, the source of all healing.

Our flesh is a gift of laughter.

I wanted to fight in the Iraq war because I felt like I had an obligation as a human being to help free people from oppression.

What the Muslims do to their own children is worse than Hitler.

I tried to think of a witty play on Every picture tells a thousand words, but then the whole word/picture thing collapsed on me.

The rich can buy everything but health, virtue, friendship, wit, good looks, love, pride, intelligence, grace, and, if you need it, happiness.

Nay," cried Bingley, "this is too much, to remember at night all the foolish things that were said in the morning.

The world needs awakened souls the way a body needs healthy cells.

Being a woman is interesting, but it shouldn’t stop you from being a person.

It's no secret that I love the Ultimate line.

Being vulnerable, in my opinion, is not a weakness. It's being human. It is allowing yourself to not have all the answers.