Quotes from Daniel Levin

Live life in the present. This moment is the only thing that's real. Worrying about the future and lamenting the past only crowds out the beauty of what is happening now.

Find what you want in what you have and happiness will be assured.

Keep in mind that everyone is doing the best they possibly can and realize that if they knew better, they'd do better—therefore, be gentle.

Pleasure and pain are merely states of mind, rather than situations. Every situation is neutral.

Work without working, and play without playing. Do without doing, and be without being. To live an effortless life, simply be yourself.

In the beginning of life, we're on fire and want to change the world. Yet as we get older, we realize how difficult that is, so we think that if we can have a positive influence on those around us, we'll have lived a worthwhile life. As we get older still, we understand that we can change no one, and simply look for the courage to change ourselves.

This moment is the only thing that's real. Worrying about the future and lamenting the past only crowds out the beauty of what is happening now.

Relax. Everything will resolve itself in time— this is the way of the world.

Lift up humanity. Turn toward those who try to do you harm, and silently bless them

never trying to change others, but rather giving them the freedom to be as they are and seeing the beauty in them as is.

What is suffering? The desire for things to be other than they are. What is contentment? Accepting everything as it is.

The quicker your breath, the more agitated you are; the deeper your breath, the more relaxed you are.

Watch a mother with her baby— and care for the world with the totality of that love. Watch the river . . . the way it flows and effortlessly passes over the little impediments that get in its way. That is the way to walk through life, unencumbered by the small challenges that happen every day.

See the stars at night. They seem so small to your eyes, but their light shines for millions of miles. Be like those stars— small in your own eyes, yet radiant to all.

Become peace. Bathe all you meet with your serenity. In doing so, peace will be abundantly yours.

A belief is not a fact; it is simply what we believe.

When life becomes difficult, allow yourself to feel the pain in the moment. Go with it for as long as it lasts, and then watch it dissolve away. Pleasure and pain are merely states of mind, rather than situations. Every situation is neutral.

Become aware of what you feel. When you see parts of yourself that you don't like, just watch the feelings come and go without getting too caught up in what it is you're feeling. Everything passes—these emotions will, too.