Quotes About Engagement

I've been engaged in so many meaningful things. I've been full with family and ministry things.

I love going back to cities where I had a strong fan base - like San Antonio, Minneapolis - those were really good fan bases, like Iowa and Chicago.

The way elections are won in Minnesota is by talking to people and sharing what's on their minds. It sounds so simple, but it really is the thing that works.

Millennials, minorities, women - until we can connect with those populations, we're going to have some difficulty electorally.

I've spent my entire adult life encouraging minority communities to get involved in mainstream society, civic society.

If the audience, in minute 50, is thinking about the way a movie is shot, there's a problem. I want it to permeate emotionally.

The minute you make people laugh, you get them to listen.

I have been adopted by the millennials, and I'm enjoying every minute of it! I'm learning a new language.

Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in.

If I talk about something I either talk about it or I DO it... the minute I talk about it it's lost all it's drive and all it's fun.

The beautiful thing about New York is, you have to expose yourself to other people the minute you step outside the door. There is no choice. And I love that.

The minute you start assuming that the audience is very happy to see the same show again, you're dead.

As an actor, you arrive most of the time at the last minute. You arrive at the end of the process, but you don't realize it.

I believe that given the audience attention level, we could do an even more compelling 90 minutes.

We enjoy our time with others, but we don't get lost in our interactions.

Remember that there is only one important time and that is now. The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person you are with, who is right before you, for who knows if you will have dealings with any other person in the future?

When you use concentration to run away from yourself or your situation, it is wrong concentration. Sometimes we need to escape our problems for relief, but at some time we have to return to face them. Worldly concentration seeks to escape. Supramundane concentration aims at complete liberation.

The quality of our presence is the most positive element that we can contribute to the world.

Whenever we have fifteen free minutes, an hour or two, we have the habit of using our computers or cell phones, music, or conversations to forget and to run away from the reality of the elements that make up our beings.

You are the foundation of any change that will happen in your society. A student asked Thay, "There are so many urgent problems. What should I do?" Thay answered calmly, "Take one thing, and do it very deeply and carefully, and you will be doing everything at the same time." Knowing

Let us instead really live these moments that are given to us.

Don't do any task in order to get it over with. Resolve to do each job in a relaxed way, with all your attention. Enjoy and be one with your work. Without this, the day of mindfulness will be of no value at all. The feeling that any task is a nuisance will soon disappear is it is done in mindfulness.

Work is only a part of life. But work is life only when done in mindfulness.

Those who do not share the concerns of the Sangha cannot be a part of the Sangha.