You have an appointment with life, an appointment that is in the here and now.

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.

I cry and wonderhow I'm going to fall asleepbecause sleeping means wakingand going through all this again

A lot of people fail to succeed in life because they see temporary negative situations as permanent conditions in their lives.

If I'd wanted you dead five minutes ago, you'd have died five minutes ago.

Styx and The Stones may break my bones but 'More than Words' will never hurt me

You can't bluff someone that's not paying attention.

I think what you study and what you believe in has an influence in the way you live.

Paper is the strongest material in the world; paper can handle what I can't.

Obama ran a hard-edged and negative campaign against Romney, hoping to convince recession-weary voters that his rival was unworthy of the job.

It shifted attention away from that and Ive never been someone who liked the attention from the media anyway.

We are visual creatures. Visual things stay put, whereas sounds fade.