I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
If you don't love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others.
For the individual, one truth or one religion is essential, [...] it is very important to make clear that all religious traditions have the same message: love, compassion and contentment.
The way to overcome negative thoughts and destructive emotions is to develop opposing, positive emotions that are stronger and more powerful.
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
Spend some time alone every day.
Do not confuse peace of mind with spaced-out insensitivity. A truly peaceful mind is very sensitive, very aware.
Beyond right and wrong, there is a field. I will meet you there.
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?
I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.
Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.
Silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.
There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the earth.
There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.
What you seek is seeking you.
When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.