“If you can be aware that you have a living body, and notice when there's tension in your body, that's already an important insight.”

“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.”

“Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.”

“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21)”

“Through my love for you, I want to express my love for the whole cosmos, the whole of humanity, and all beings. By living with you, I want to learn to love everyone and all species. If I succeed in...”

“If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love.”

“The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it's all we'll need.”

“Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.”

“What day is it?"It's today," squeaked Piglet.My favorite day," said Pooh.”

“Without energy being invested in resisting the unwanted or dueling with fears, we have more energy and attention available for noticing not only the disturbing, but the wonderful...When we are not ...”

“Despite all the identifying, measuring, photographing, I had managed to set the experience in a kind of present past, a having looked, even as I was temporally and physically still looking...It is ...”

“A person must make peace with oneself before they will find peace with the world.”