It is said that God has created man in his own image. But it may be that humankind has created God in the image of humankind.
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.
If you let go a little, you will have a little happiness. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of happiness. If you let go completely, you will be free.
The moment you are truly happy is when you realize you don’t need anything outside of yourself to be happy.
When you love someone, you should be willing to let them go, knowing that if they truly love you, they will come back to you.
The past is gone, the future is not yet here. Be present in the now, and all your problems will disappear.
To live in the present moment is a miracle. The miracle is not to walk on water, but to walk on the Earth.
To be free is not to be caught in the prison of the past or the future. To be free is to be in the present moment, fully alive and fully aware.
If you truly get in touch with a piece of carrot, you get in touch with the soil, the rain, the sunshine. You get in touch with Mother Earth and eating in such a way, you feel in touch with true life, your roots, and that is meditation.
With mindfulness, we can truly see what is going on within us and around us, and we can respond to situations with wisdom and compassion.
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.
Peace and happiness are available in every moment. We can find joy just by being aware of what is happening in the present moment.
True happiness is not based on things that come from the outside, such as material possessions or fame, but on things that come from within, such as inner peace and harmony.
The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There’s only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment.
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 him joy.
Understanding someone’s suffering is the best gift you can give another person. Understanding is love’s other name. If you don’t understand, you can’t love.
Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment, I know this is a wonderful moment.
Every step I take, I am walking on the Earth. Every breath I take, I am breathing the Earth’s air. We are all interconnected with the Earth.
We often think of peace as the absence of war, but peace is more than that. Peace is the presence of understanding, compassion, and love.
The energy of mindfulness helps us recognize that our suffering is not separate from the suffering of others. With this insight, compassion is born within us.
Life is like a river flowing. If you jump into the river and try to control which way it flows, you will suffer. Instead, allow the river to flow naturally and trust in the wisdom of life.
To be alive is a miracle. The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.
When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.
Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
We have to learn to live our life as a human being deeply. We need to live each breath deeply, so that we have peace, joy, and freedom as we breathe.
Life is available only in the present moment. If you abandon the present moment you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply.
We have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have to be ready to release our knowledge in order to come to a higher understanding of reality.
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.
When we recognize that the person we love is suffering, that is true love. When we suffer and we want to escape, it is not true love.
Be there truly. Be there with 100 percent of your presence and 100 percent of your love, and you will enjoy every moment of your life.
In mindfulness, one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.
When you say something really unkind, when you do something in retaliation, your anger increases. You make the other person suffer, and he will try hard to say or to do something back to get relief from his suffering. That is how conflict escalates.
The roots of love and of suffering are within us, and we can learn to water the seeds of love every moment, to transform suffering into compassion.
If you are peaceful, if you are happy, you can smile, and everyone in your family, your entire society, will benefit from your peace.
When we come into contact with the other person, our thoughts and actions should express our mind of compassion, even if that person says and does things that are not easy to accept. We practice in this way until we see clearly that our love is not contin
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, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sk
We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the
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. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clo
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.
It is possible to live happily in the here and now. So many conditions of happiness are available—more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don't have to run into the future in order to get more.
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,
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.
Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment, I know this is the only moment.
We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves.
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.
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.
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.
The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
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 past is like the dust that settles on furniture. If we don't clean it, it grows thicker and thicker until it becomes impossible to see anything clearly.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
