Smile, breathe and go slowly.

Present moment wonderful moment.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

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

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

Smile, breathe and go slowly.

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

No mud, no lotus. Both suffering and happiness are of an organic nature, which means they are both impermanent; they are both constantly changing.

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

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

There is no way to peace; peace is the way.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment, I know this is the only moment.

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

Washing the dishes is at once a means and an end. We wash the dishes to wash the dishes.

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the whole earth revolves.

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. That's the message he is sending.

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

Understanding someone's suffering is the best gift you can give another person. Understanding is love's other name.

If you love someone, you must be able to listen deeply. Deep listening is the kind of listening that helps relieve suffering.

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.

My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions.

My actions are the ground upon which I stand.

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything—anger, anxiety, or possessions—we cannot be free.

We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.

If you look deeply into a sheet of paper, you will see that there is a cloud floating in it. Without a cloud, there would be no rain; without rain, the trees cannot grow.

Without trees, we cannot make paper. So the cloud and the paper inter-are.

Life is a miracle, and being aware of it can already make us very happy.

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

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

Around us, life bursts with miracles—a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops.

If you live in awareness, it is easy to see miracles everywhere.

Enlightenment is when a wave realizes it is the ocean.

The wave does not need to die to become water. She is already water.

You do not need to seek enlightenment in the future; your true nature is already pristine, pure, and awake.

When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens, and we begin to be filled with acceptance, joy, peace and love.

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.

Right now, we are still breathing. We are alive.

Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.

We only need to be awake, alive in the present moment.

Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos—the trees, the clouds, everything.

Our own life has to be our message.

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. Yet if we have problems with our friends or family, we blame the other person.

If you know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like the lettuce.

Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and argument. 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.

Mindfulness is the energy that helps us recognize the conditions of happiness that are already present in our lives.

You don’t have to wait ten years to experience this happiness. It is present in every moment of your daily life.

There are two ways to wash the dishes. The first is to wash the dishes in order to have clean dishes and the second is to wash the dishes in order to wash the dishes.

If while washing dishes, we only think of the cup of tea that awaits us, thus hurrying to get the dishes out of the way... we are not alive during the time we are washing the dishes.

In fact, we are completely incapable of realizing the miracle of life while standing at the sink.

If we can't wash the dishes, the chances are we won't be able to drink our tea either.

While drinking the cup of tea, we will only be thinking of other things, barely aware of the cup in our hands.

Thus we are sucked away into the future—and we are incapable of actually living one minute of our life.

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.

When we touch the earth with awareness, we heal ourselves and we heal the planet.

The Earth is not outside of us; we are the Earth walking upon herself.

Listen with only one purpose: to help the other person empty their heart.

Even if they say things full of wrong perceptions or bitterness, you continue to listen with compassion.

You listen without judging, without reacting, because you know that if you interrupt or argue, you will transform the session into a debate.

And then they will not be able to relieve their suffering.

Just by sitting peacefully, breathing in and out, you can bring immense peace to the world around you.

Peace in oneself, peace in the world.

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.

Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light.

If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.

The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace.

With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.

Do not lose yourself in the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. Do not get caught in your anger, worries, or fears.

Come back to the present moment and touch life deeply.

Every morning when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live. What a precious gift!

We have the capacity to live twenty-four hours in peace, joy, and happiness.

To meditate does not mean to fight with a problem. To meditate means to observe.

Your smile will bring peace to your face and relax all your facial muscles.

A smile is the best gift of peace you can offer yourself.

When we touch the present moment with awareness, we touch the historical and the ultimate dimensions at the same time.

In the ultimate dimension, there is no birth and no death, no coming and no going.

Clouds never die. A cloud can only become rain or snow or ice.

When you lose someone you love, look for them in the rain, in the tea you drink, in the smile of a child.

They are still here with you, in a new form.

The kingdom of God is available here and now. The question is whether you are available to the kingdom.

Touch peace in yourself, and you will touch peace in the entire universe.

The flower does not try to be a tree; the cloud does not try to be a mountain. Be simply who you are, in peaceful integrity.

Breathe in light, breathe out peace. You are home in the universe.

May all beings be peaceful, happy, and light in body and spirit.

Peace begins with a conscious breath.

Darling, I am here for you.

Darling, I know you are there, and I am so happy.

Darling, I know you suffer, and that is why I am here for you.

Darling, I am suffering, please help me.

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.

Let your heart smile as you walk upon the earth.

In every breath, the entire cosmos breathes with you.

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.

Smile to the cloud in your cup of tea.

The wound is the place where the light enters you.

What you seek is seeking you.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.