Just because we love someone, we begin to notice that love is an experience and we have to do something with it. We don't have to marry people or date them because we care about them very deeply. It's an experience.

Everything happens for me, not to me.

A lover of what is looks forward to everything: life, death, disease, loss, earthquakes, bombs, anything the mind might be tempted to call 'bad.' Life will bring us everything we need, to show us what we haven't undone yet. Nothing outside ourselves can make us suffer. Except for our unquestioned thoughts, every place is paradise.

Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.

Your nature is truth, and when you oppose it, you don't feel like yourself. Stress never feels as natural as peace does.

I'm most inspired whenever I hear of even the smallest act of human kindness.

Look at your life without the thought "Something terrible is going to happen."