So if we love someone, we should train in being able to listen. By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of another person. - Thích Nhất Hạnh

To be and not to be are just two ideas opposing each other. But they are not reality, and they do not describe reality.

I take my time. I want to be myself. I don’t deny myself in the here and now. This is our practice — we call it aimlessness. We don’t put a goal in front of ourselves and run after it constantly. If we do, we’ll be running all our life and never be happy. Happiness is possible only when you stop running and cherish the present moment and who you are. Who you are is already a wonder; you don’t need to be someone else. You are a wonder of life.

I would not look upon anger as something foreign to me that I have to fight... I have to deal with my anger with care, with love, with tenderness, with nonviolence.