When there are wars within us, it will not be long before we are at war with others, even those we love.

We fall back into the past, we jump ahead into the future, and in this we lose our entire lives.

The Buddha told him, "When we sit, we know we are sitting. When we walk, we know we are walking. When we eat, we know we are eating,

Let us fill our hearts with our own compassion - towards ourselves and towards all living beings.

We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we'll also have a lot more joy in living.

In the past there were people who were not rich but contented with their living style, laughing and happy all day. But when the new rich people appear, people look at them and ask, 'why don't I have a life like that too, a beautiful house, car and garden,' and they abandon their values.