You know, anger, we need to be angry. Anger is acute, it’s transient, and after some time it subsides. But hate is chronic. It’s a chronic disease.
… we need to be angry, in a positive way, to feel outraged, of not accepting what is happening in this world. … There’s a difference between anger and hate.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, when one only remembers to turn on the light.
When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, when one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings — when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.
Fear is the child of ignorance.
Observing your breath in 2010:
