“Awareness can be controlled by the world or you can be in control of it. You have the choice. Who is in control, that's the question to keep asking yourself.”

“Life is your teacher no matter what. You can't have an experience that doesn't teach you something.”

“If you think people should be thanking you instead of you thanking people you've got it backwards”

“Who is the self that you are helping?”

“Awareness can be controlled by the world or you can be in control of it. You have the choice. Who is in control, that's the question to keep asking yourself.”

“The deeper in you go the more unique you become”

“You don't have to be where you find yourself to be.”

“Realize the self of yourself.”

“In the monastery, you are always in some kind of a situation where you are pressured so that your worst qualities come up. But you actually want that to happen so you can deal with them”