The sense that my world is stable and stationary, that change will never come and that all will go on continuously as it is, is the nature of all delusion.

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.

When we do not reject our suffering, or add anything to it, pain is simply pain. It is what we add to our pain that turns it into suffering.

If one's sense of self is obtained through the eyes of another it is always subject to being lost.

We are what we think about. When we stay fixed on one person, thought or situation, we get caught in the grip of self-centered thoughts. The more we give attention to that which is upsetting, the more strength it has to rule our lives.

The facts of our lives, when we are able to know them, will free us from the torment we are in. When we can bear reality thoroughly, suffering is over. Pain may exist, but it is only pain. Suffering is what we add to pain.

This is how we know we are in a loving relationship. We are blooming, and the one we love is blooming as well.