If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong.

Be like a lotus. Let the beauty of your heart speak. Be grateful to the mud, water, air and the light.

I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.

To give your positive or negative attention to something is a way of giving energy. The most damaging form of behavior is withholding your attention.

No one particular religion has been able to secure the exclusive rights for the power of prayer. No matter who you are, we all have the ability to take advantage of this amazing and wonderful power. Once you realize this, you will then be filled with the desire to help others realize this as well. More and more people are resonating with this understanding, and this could result in a more wonderful future for mankind. (165)

Beauty has a way of showing unnoticed. Blooming from the faint, the flower of a lotus