In Buddhism, we talk of meditation as an act of awakening, to be awake to the fact that the earth is in danger and living species are in danger.

I restore myself when I’m alone.

I try not to think about anything special while running. As a matter of fact, I usually run with my mind empty. However, when I run empty-minded, something naturally and abruptly crawls in sometime. That might become an idea that can help me with my writing.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

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.

You can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a drug, especially when its waving a razor sharp hunting knife in your eye.

I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast – which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others – then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.

Meditation is a vital practice to access conscious contact with your highest self.

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.

Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.

Success is always dangerous, and we need to be alert and avoid becoming the victims of our own success. Will we influence the world for Christ, or will the world influence us?

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.

Buddhism teaches us not to try to run away from suffering. You have to confront suffering. You have to look deeply into the nature of suffering in order to recognize its cause, the making of the suffering.

The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.

Buddhism is not a creed, it is a doubt.

A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.

Nothing is worth more than this day.

Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.

Anything can make me stop and look and wonder, and sometimes learn.

Breathe in deeply to bring your mind home to your body. Then look at, or think of, the person triggering this emotion: With mindfulness, you can see that she is unhappy, that she is suffering. You can see her wrong perceptions. You can see that she is not beautiful when she says things that are unkind.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

Sometimes I try to just sit at home and do something calmer and simpler and just be in my life. You know, not trying to solve a lot of things at once.

A man’s interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.

There aren’t many things that are universally cool, and it’s cool not to litter. I’d never do it.

Considering their impact, you might expect mosquitoes to get more attention than they do. Sharks kill fewer than a dozen people every year, and in the U.S. they get a week dedicated to them on TV every year.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

You have to like the present; if not your life becomes secondhand, if you think it was better before. Or that it will be better in the future.

I’ve learned that men and women who are living wholehearted lives really allow themselves to soften into joy and happiness. They allow themselves to experience it.

People don’t realize that now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind.

I guess I’m living in the present more than the past.

I wake up some mornings and sit and have my coffee and look out at my beautiful garden, and I go, ‚Remember how good this is. Because you can lose it.‘

Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.

Religion and ritual can be vehicles for entering stillness. It says in Psalm 46:10, ‚Be still, and know that I am God.‘ But they are still just vehicles. The Buddha called his teaching a raft: You don’t need to carry it around with you after you’ve crossed the river.

Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act.

I have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another.

It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there’s nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control? The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized.

By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.

I’m an expert typist. I learned in high school. I would close my eyes and just type without worrying about mistakes. I tried to penetrate my heart, and as I let my thoughts drift, things bubbled up to the surface.

Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.

Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.

I spent more time on dark ships in danger zones than any other woman in the world.

The fewer the words, the better the prayer.

There is a danger that threatens everyone in the church, all of us. The danger of worldliness. It leads us to vanity, arrogance and pride.

The original reason to start the project, which was that the Germans were a danger, started me off on a process of action, which was to try to develop this first system at Princeton and then at Los Alamos, to try to make the bomb work.

Don’t talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.

It felt like I was the only one who cared about the climate and the ecological crisis. My parents didn’t care about it, my classmates didn’t care about it, my relatives didn’t care about this. I mean nobody I knew cared about this and I felt like I was the only one.

It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.

To do nothing is also a good remedy.

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.

When you’re outside, and everything is highland, it’s like nature has its own sound, and that’s one of my favorite sounds. I really loved sitting still silently outside, in a tree or in a bush, to just think.

Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.

Total relaxation is the secret to enjoying sitting meditation. I sit with my spine upright, but not rigid; and I relax all the muscles in my body.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life – knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.