When you look deeply into your anger, you will see that the person you call your enemy is also suffering. As soon as you see that, the capacity of accepting and having compassion for them is there.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.

Around us, life bursts with miracles, a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible.

The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.

You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you.

Your past is your story. Your story is your most powerful asset. Embrace it.

For magic to exist, it must be shared. Always remember to pass along your kindness to others... A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

Maybe the Good Friday story is about how God would rather die than be in our sin-accounting business anymore.

The closest I ever came to getting married was just before I started singing. In fact, my first record saved my neck.

The biopic also wasn't a form that I necessarily believed in, because you can never really get it right, you know? It's also a form that's very popular - the straight-ahead biopic.

You know what freaks me out? Having your personal life live-tweeted so that everyone can make fun of you forever.

The worst acting is about imitation.

Every man is an original and solitary character. None can either understand or feel the book of his own life like himself.

Loneliness is failed solitude.