Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could all be a little more gentle with each other.

Open to whatever you experience without fighting. Let it be present just as it is. Let go of the battle.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people, if you don't serve the people.

The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.

He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.

Attention is a moral act: It creates, brings aspects of things into being.

The only lasting truth is change.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy.

You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

In all our searching, the only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable is each other.