Whatever we attempt is a reflection of our inner thirst, which we hope to quench in all these external ways. What we are looking for lies within us, and if we gave out time and energy to an interior search, we would come across it much faster, since that is the only place where it is to be found.

the more we abandon ill-will and hatred, the easier it will be to meditate.

As long as we have practiced neither concentration nor mindfulness, the ego takes itself for granted and remains its usual normal size, as big as the people around one will allow.

Half the spiritual life consists of remembering what we are up against and where we are going.

"Wholeheartedly" means that we give our time, love, and energy unstintingly.

Mindfulness is a mental activity that in due course eliminates all suffering.

Trying to achieve something in the spiritual world is just as foolish as trying to achieve something in the material world. There's nothing to achieve. There's only letting go. As we let go, more and more, of ego identifications, desires, and support systems, bliss will arise.