whatever judgment we make is a subjective one we're making now, and that it could change.

When we don't ask, we don't let others give. When we fear rejection, we don't let generosity arise.

Take the selfishness out of anger and you're left with determination.

In every area, working with what you habitually reject is one of the best ways to facilitate growth and transformation.

I honor businesses for what they do, I honor nonprofits for what they do, I honor government for what it does, and then I invite everyone to the table so that together we can come up with innovative and broad-based solutions that can serve as many people as possible. The fewer or less diverse voices you invite to the table, the smaller and narrower your solution will be and the fewer people it will serve.

Let me give you a wonderful Zen practice. Wake up in the morning...look in the mirror, and laugh at yourself.

When you care about perfection, you care about an expectation. But there is also caring for where I am right now, for what's happening right now. When I spend time with students, they tell me that they've read something in a book or heard something from a teacher that they don't think they're living up to. And I tell them, “Take care of yourself right now. Befriend what's happening, not just who you're supposed to be or what the world should be like. This is where you are now. So how do you care for yourself this minute?