Politics are almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.
To be content with a little is a great wealth.
Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to go to summer school.
All that this world needs is a good cleansing of the heart of all the inhibitions of the past. And laughter and tears can do both. Tears will take out all the agony that is hidden inside you and laughter will take all that is preventing your ecstasy. Once you have learned the art you will be immensely surprised.
In the business world, the rear view mirror is always clearer than the windshield.
To find a buddha,
you have to see your nature.
Whoever sees his or her nature is a buddha.
If you don’t see your nature,
invoking buddhas,
reciting sutras,
making offerings
result in good karma.
Reciting sutras results in good memory.
Keeping precepts results in a good rebirth.
And making offerings results in future blessings.
But no buddha.
When I consider the lack of cooperation in human society, I can only conclude that is stems from ignorance of our interdependent nature.
There are three ingredients for a long and healthy life: live with attention but without worry, use time in a worthwhile way, keep your thoughts pure, positive and filled with strength.
Habit is stronger than reason.
Faith is not just something you have, it's something you do.
Two people can work on a problem better than one.
All across the world, in every kind of environment and region known to man, increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster.
The lotus is a symbol of purity. Its roots are in the mud, but the flower remains above dirty water. Live a lotus life. Be in the world, but unaffected by impurities.
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
