From F Scott Fitzgerald: And that taught me you can't have anything, you can't have anything at all. Because desire just cheats you.

Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It is the ultimate source of success in life.

Everyday Buddhist: To know everything is difficult. To know everything is interrelated is easy -- This is how we save all beings. Dalai Lama

Time never waits but keeps flowing. Not only does it flow unhindered, but correspondingly our lives too keep moving onward all the time.

It is wrong to expect some final satisfaction to come from money or a computer.

May all those drowning in delusion reach the further shore.

The true test of honoring Buddhas or God is the love one extends to fellow humans.

However, what is very clear is that when we begin to search, they disintegrate and disappear, and they are unfindable.

When we talk of the six perfections--generosity, ethical discipline, patience, perseverance, concentration, and wisdom...

'When the moon reaches the summit, Shadows disappear from the wall.' T'ang poet Ya Tang (quoted by Hakuin in 'Idle Talk on a Night Boat')

If we examine human nature carefully it is good, well disposed, helpful. It seems to me that nowadays the spirit of harmony is increasing.

So the real suffering is not the sound of the cement mixer, but the stuff you create in your own mind--that is what dukkha is. Ajahn Sumedho

Awareness is always useful -- goodnight everyone, sleep tight.

Overall I have found much that is impressive about Western society. In particular, I admire its energy, creativity and hunger for knowledge.

Concentration can get disrupted, but mindfulness, if you trust it, opens to life as an experience with its pleasure and pain. Ajahn Sumedho

Buddhist meditation: The mind does not reside in the mind -- its nature is pure light. Perfect Wisdom, Prajnaparamita

When a problem first arises, try to remain humble and maintain a sincere attitude, and be concerned that the outcome is fair.

To develop patience, you need someone who willfully hurts you. Such people give us real opportunities to practice tolerance.

The complaining mind, the critical mind, the always wanting something you don't have, or not being content with what you do have, is...

Hatred is not a natural state -- goodnight everyone.