If every day you practice walking and sitting meditation and generate the energy of mindfulness and concentration and peace, you are a cell in the body of the new Buddha. This is not a dream but is possible today and tomorrow.

The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

If you stop struggling, then you stop life.

That’s the biggest gift I can give anybody: ‚Wake up, be aware of who you are, what you’re doing and what you can do to prevent yourself from becoming ill.‘

People tend to dwell more on negative things than on good things. So the mind then becomes obsessed with negative things, with judgments, guilt and anxiety produced by thoughts about the future and so on.

The challenge is to stay cool enough to handle the pressure in the moment so that you can succeed in the future.

I’m like a recovering perfectionist. For me it’s one day at a time.

If you aren’t in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

Differences exist in practice and organization between the Lord’s Church and man-made institutions.

A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.

A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap.

I think Buddhism should open the door of psychology and healing to penetrate more easily into the Western world.

Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life.

No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time.

It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.

Meditation is not following any system; it is not constant repetition and imitation. Meditation is not concentration.

Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.

The only way to get love is to be lovable. It’s very irritating if you have a lot of money. You’d like to think you could write a check: ‚I’ll buy a million dollars‘ worth of love.‘ But it doesn’t work that way. The more you give love away, the more you get.

I want to solidify as an artist and show that as I grow as a person and make mistakes and learn from them, I’m going to grow artistically.

People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn’t that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.

I was always told as a child by my mother that you always have to be impeccable, even when you go to bed.

Think not that humility is weakness; it shall supply the marrow of strength to thy bones. Stoop and conquer; bow thyself and become invincible.

The bat is not a toy, it’s a weapon. It gives me everything in life, which helps me to do everything on the field.

The reason I became 297 pounds is because that was comfortable. What was very uncomfortable was running. What was very uncomfortable was being on a diet. What was very uncomfortable was trying to face things that I didn’t want to face. And I also realized, when I was really big, I had no growth. Why? Because I was living comfortable.

I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something’s not good enough, and I won’t stop until I feel like I’ve made it. I’m never satisfied.

Whatever that means, however you got on that mountain, why not try to climb it? And do it in your own way.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

I want people to draw strength from me.

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.

Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It’s the curse of our age, and I want to avoid it at all costs.

I have so much in my life. I want to be of value to the world.

Nothing can be by itself alone, no one can be by himself or herself alone, everyone has to inter-be with every one else. That is why, when you look outside, around you, you can see yourself.

If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.

Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don’t live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.

Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.

Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better.

Die to everything of yesterday so that your mind is always fresh, always young, innocent, full of vigor and passion.

Have you not noticed that love is silence? It may be while holding the hand of another, or looking lovingly at a child, or taking in the beauty of an evening. Love has no past or future, and so it is with this extraordinary state of silence.

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.

Know that any and all thoughts that you have regarding your own skills, interests, and inclinations are valid. To reinforce the validity of your thoughts, keep them private. Tell yourself that they’re between you and God.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with – a man is what he makes of himself.

We never look deeply into the quality of a tree; we never really touch it, feel its solidity, its rough bark, and hear the sound that is part of the tree. Not the sound of wind through the leaves, not the breeze of a morning that flutters the leaves, but its own sound, the sound of the trunk and the silent sound of the roots.

I have done one thing that I think is a contribution: I helped Buddhist science and modern science combine. No other Buddhist has done that. Other lamas, I don’t think they ever pay attention to modern science. Since my childhood, I have a keen interest.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.

I know that I always wanted things. I was always proud of my people, proud of my home, but I always wanted more. I think most people do.

I’m going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.

It’s so easy to settle for less than God’s best for us because we don’t always feel like taking responsibility for our behavior or putting forth some effort to do what we need to do so we can accomplish great things for God and help people. But the cost of settling for less is actually harder than being completely obedient to God’s will.

Coaching wouldn’t be for me. No, certainly not.

Opposite to godliness is atheism in profession, and idolatry in practice. Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind, that it never had many professors.

Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.

I hold that while man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.

I’ve learned through my own relationship with God that He’s not expecting me to be perfect; He wants me to do my best to be in His will and take steps of faith as He leads me, through His Word and the promptings He speaks to my heart.

Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you’re exactly the same.