What we pay attention to expands. What we pay attention to we become.

Now today, moment by moment, realize that each person and event that happens is life for you. Life is not somewhere else. See how fully you can accept the life that presents itself to you now.

The best defense against being hurt is to feel good about yourself and the way a person responds to you says more about them, than about you.

Relying on another is an expression of attachment, not love, a manifestation of insecurity and suffering, not understanding the true nature of our lives.

When we are able to receive life's challenges as koans rather than problems, they become interesting and exciting, rather than ponderous and depressing.

Unless we base our sense of identity upon the truth of who we are, it is impossible to attain true happiness.

We create a mask to meet the masks of others. Then we wonder why we cannot love, and why we feel so alone.