If we know how to create the energy of love, understanding, compassion, and beauty, then we can contribute a lot to the world.
The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.
Do not be idolatrous about or bound to any doctrine, theory, or ideology, even Buddhist ones. All systems of thought are guiding means; they are not absolute truth.
If you abandon the present moment, you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply.
You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment. In that insight of inter-being, it is possible to have real communication with the Earth, which is the highest form of prayer.
Compassion is a verb.
It is my conviction that there is no way to peace – peace is the way.
If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.
The heart of the matter is always our oneness with divine spirit, our union with all life.
Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge.
We have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have to be ready to release our knowledge in order to come to a higher understanding of reality.
Peace in every step. The shining red sun is my heart. Each flower smiles with me. How green, how fresh all that grows. How cool the wind blows. Peace is every step. It turns the endless path to joy.
Anger is like a flame blazing up and consuming our self-control, making us think, say, and do things that we will probably regret later.
What is most important is to find peace and to share it with others. To have peace, you can begin by walking peacefully. Everything depends on your steps.
The quality of our life depends on the quality of the seeds that lie deep in our consciousness.
Just breathing and smiling can make us very happy, because when we breathe consciously we recover ourselves completely and encounter life in the present moment.
Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.
As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.
Your presence is a miracle.
No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change.