It proves that you are being gentle with yourself, that the sun of awareness is shining in you, that you have control of your situation. Thich Nhat Hanh

Life is a song... Sing it. Life is a game... Play it. Life is a challenge... Meet it. Life is a dream... Realize it. Life is a sacrifice... Offer it. Life is love... Enjoy it. Sai Baba

To meditate does not mean to fight with a problem. To meditate means to observe. Your smile proves it. Thich Nhat Hanh

Fear less, hope more. Whine less, breathe more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more. And all good things are yours. Author unknown

The Buddhist Sutra of Mindfulness speaks about the meditation on the corpse. Meditate on the decomposition of the body, how the body bloats and turns violet, how it is eaten by worms until only bits of blood and flesh still cling to the bones. Meditate up to the point where only white bones remain, which in turn are slowly worn away and turn into dust. Meditate like that, knowing that your own body will undergo the same process. Meditate on the corpse until you are calm and at peace, until your mind and heart are light and tranquil and a smile appears on your face. Thus, by overcoming revulsion and fear, life will be seen as infinitely precious, every second of it worth living. Thich Nhat Hanh

We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same. Carlos Castañeda

If in our daily life we can smile. If we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone, will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work. Thich Nhat Hanh

Earth laughs in flowers. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace. Thich Nhat Hanh

If you cannot find happiness along the road, you will not find it at the end of the road. Author unknown

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. Thich Nhat Hanh

Children smile 400 times a day on average. Adults, 15 times. Children laugh 150 times a day. Adults, 6 times per day. Children play between 4-6 hours a day. Adults, only 20 minutes a day. What's happened? Robert Holden Taken from 'Living Wonderfully'

The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions. Thich Nhat Hanh

Since everything in life is but an experience; perfect in being what it is, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may well burst out in laughter. Long Chen Pa

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar. Thich Nhat Hanh

The human emotional system can be broken down into roughly two elements: fear and love. Love is of the soul. Fear is of the personality. Gary Zukav Taken from 'Seat of the Soul'

Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos. The trees, the clouds, everything. Thich Nhat Hanh

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare. It is because we do not dare that they are difficult. Seneca

Everyday we do things, we are things that have to do with peace. If we are aware of our life, our way of looking at things, we will know how to make peace right in the moment we are alive. Thich Nhat Hanh

On action alone be thy interest, Never on its fruits. Let not the fruits of action be thy motive, Nor be thy attachment to inaction. Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 2)