Shame is a soul eating emotion.
If you have fear of some pain or suffering, you should examine whether there is anything you can do about it. If you can, there is no need to worry about it; if you cannot do anything, then there is also no need to worry.
Love and Compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion.
The purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts.
If there is no solution to the problem then don’t waste time worrying about it. If there is a solution to the problem then don’t waste time worrying about it.
True change is within. Leave the outside as it is.
As you think, so shall you become.
If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.
The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego, the second half is going inward and letting go of it.
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
I am determined to practice deep listening. I am determined to practice loving speech.
You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.
The mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master.
In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.
Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again.
The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds
More gold has been mined from the mind of men than the earth itself.
Heaven is a state of mind, not a location.