Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.

Sunlight fell upon the wall; the wall received a borrowed splendor. Why set your heart on a piece of earth, O simple one? Seek out the source which shines forever.

Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom.

There is an invisible strength within us; when it recognizes two opposing objects of desire, it grows stronger.

Non-violence is the essence of the entire Buddha's teaching, and the practice of non-violence is the entire essence of the practice of Buddha dharma, Buddhist spirituality, in one's life.

All the faith and good will in the world is wasted without direction.

Thank God we're living in a country where the sky's the limit, the stores are open late and you can shop in bed thanks to television.

Although religion was around me my whole life I never felt it was forced upon me. It is my centring, my grounding, the soul of me. I feel I'm nothing without it.