Love and kindness are never wasted.

When I look for happiness, I lose it. When I stop looking, and surrender to where I am, I find it.

That experience showed me that I-from moment to moment-am the only person in control of my connection to God. It's not that God is deciding to connect with me, depending on whether I had a good day, or did good or bad deeds. It's all up to me. God, the awareness of God, the love of God, the blessings of God-that lively ecstasy-is always there. It's me who separates from God by judging, by indulging in negativity, by criticizing myself, as well as others.

I believe tears are holy, because they show us that the ice of our heart is melting.

All addictions have one thing in common - they numb you out to what is happening in the moment.

Silence and solitude are confrontational. They plunge us instantly into the truth.

There has never been, and never again will be a human being like you. There is nothing ordinary about you. If you feel ordinary, it is because you have chosen to hide the extraordinary parts of yourself from the world.