Those who are without compassion cannot see what is seen with the eyes of compassion.
If you suffer and make your loved ones suffer, there is nothing that can justify your desire.
The wave does not need to die to become water. She is already water.
The true miracle is not walking on water or walking in air, but simply walking on this earth.
Earth will be safe when we feel in us enough safety.
Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos – the trees, the clouds, everything.
In true love, you attain freedom.
Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.
Until there is peace between religions, there can be no peace in the world.
The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to penetrate, to reveal itself.
There is no enlightenment outside of daily life.
You are not an observer, you are a participant.
We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.
Life is a miracle, and being aware of simply this can already make us very happy.
When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.
Most of us experience a life full of wonderful moments and difficult moments. But for many of us, even when we are most joyful, there is fear behind our joy.
People sacrifice the present for the future. But life is available only in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that every step can bring us to the here and the now.
In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves.
Only the present moment contains life.
The raft is used to cross the river. It isn’t to be carried around on your shoulders. The finger which points at the moon isn’t the moon itself.