Many people think excitement is happiness... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness.

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.

The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.

Life is available only in the present moment.

Compassion is a verb.

My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand.

In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight.

Breathing in, there is only the present moment. Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment.

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.

The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can reduce another person's suffering and bring that person joy.

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

When you look deeply into your anger, you will see that the person you call your enemy is also suffering. As soon as you see that, the capacity for accepting and having compassion for them is there.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.