“Compassion doesn't have to be learned. It's part of our fabric. We have just been programmed to neglect it over time, and THAT is what we have to unlearn.”

“Everywhere you go you'll see highs and lowsThese things are just part of life and its flowsIt helps to understand that no place has it allSo we should cherish our blessings, large or small”

“We all have areas we're self-conscious about.We all have qualities that make us proud. But when we walk with our heads in the cloud,Let's think: today we're in, tomorrow we're out.”

“When we stop pushing we realize that it was all for habit, fear, envy, or greed.In the calmness after the strife we often see that we already have what we need.”

“Is every day an adventure with its own drive? Or an interlocked link in the chain of our life?Are we, then, the masters of our own milky way?Or just conductors, confined to the music of today?”

“Happiness is something we can find inside once we have obtained the insight that it will never come in sight if we look for it outside.”

“The power of what we say is not determined by the duration of our talk but by its content. The more the mouth chatters, the further the mind scatters.”