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

Compassion is a verb.

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

Peace in oneself, peace in the world.

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

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.

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.

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

When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce.

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay.

When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help.

Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

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

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

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 present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

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