Many of us live as though we’re dead, but, as soon as we know how to breathe mindfully and to walk mindfully, we can resurrect ourselves and come back to life.

With our practice we are training ourselves to generate joy, happiness, peace, harmony, and reconciliation, and to handle pain, suffering, separation, and misunderstanding.

It’s not by having a large Gross Domestic Product that society can be happy; it’s by producing compassion. You have the right to pursue economic growth, but not at the expense of life.

You allow it to be, you embrace it, and you help it transform.

you have to invent new ways of doing it, so that the breathing, walking, and sitting always brings you delight, solidity, and peace.

When you’re caught in the idea that this body is you, or this mind is you, you underestimate your value. But, when you can free yourself from the notion of self and see your body and mind as a stream of being of all your ancestors, you’ll begin to treat your body and mind with more respect.

To live alone means to be completely satisfied with the here and now, to have a deep sense of fulfillment in the present moment.

To be happy is to be understood, to be loved, and to have the power to understand and love others.

You are one of the wonders of life, even if you believe otherwise—even if you despise yourself or think of yourself as nothing but suffering.