You have to learn how to help a wounded child while still practicing mindful breathing. You should not allow yourself to get lost in action. Action should be meditation at the same time.

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.

Adding kidney beans to his cottage cheese and pineapple was an act of bravery Dave had not intended.

All human wisdom is contained in these two words: 'wait' and 'hope'".

We first fought the heathens in the name of religion, then Communism, and now in the name of drugs and terrorism. Our excuses for global domination always change.

This writing business. Pencils and what-not. Over-rated, if you ask me. Silly stuff. Nothing in it.

A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain.

I love to make fun of fashion because it is just so silly.

There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.

Festivals become a family because you start seeing the same people.

I look forward to a lot more free time, at least initially, with my wife, Lisa, and our three children.

Meet me in Cognito, baby. In Cognito, we'll have nothing to hide.