1) "Do you really want to enjoy yourself? Then wake up, look around, take a breath, feel that silence, feel that feeling within you. That, not judging, is what it's all about. "
2) Look for peace inside. Even if all the other wars end, as long as the war within us is still raging on, we will not be in peace. If we are at peace with ourselves, then we will have that peace, no matter what outer war is going on.
3)It is not the world that needs to be fixed; it is people. When people are at peace within, there will be world peace.
4)Underneath the facade of this world, there is the simplest of wishes - to be happy.
How wonderful is this realm of joy. How wonderful is this realm of fulfillment.
How fortunate are those who walk in the company of joy, of peace, of truth.
5)Prosperity is when people become rich not only on the outside, but on the inside. That is prosperity. When every person is given that opportunity. That’s prosperity.
6)"How dare you say you are nobody… Your existence is so unique, but our value system does not do us well. We do not value human life, we value inanimate objects. Our system does not point to us and tell us we are precious. But you are precious, and you better not forget it. You can appreciate the breath, you can receive Knowledge and meet someone who can open your heart. Then it begins to make sense, and the sense that it makes – that is a privilege."
7)What formulates this moment is the coming of this breath. You must understand that it is the flawless coming and going of this breath that allows you to go about doing whatever it is that you do. That, if this breath was to become erratic, everything else would become extremely erratic. It is on the flawlessness of this moment that you depend. This is reality. This is real. It has been perfected to be so smooth that you don't even know that it came and it went, and it came and it went.
It is by far the most powerful thing.
8)War begins with denial. One group decides that their cause is greater and that the other group's cause does not exist. Causes become greater, and human beings are reduced to nothing.
9) Human beings will fight when they do not understand what life is all about, because in wars we squander life. War does not exist only on the battlefield. At home, without a war, we squander life.
10) The search for peace begins with understanding that what I am looking for is truly within me. Then and then alone can we embark on the process of accepting peace in our life.”
"Believe nothing, O monks, merely because you have been told it or because it is traditional, or because you yourselves have imagined it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide." Buddha
"Peace is a daily, a weekly, and a monthly process gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures."
~John F. Kennedy
"Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart"~MLK