When you become a lover of what is, the war is over.

If something happens to your son, your thoughts about not having him in your life is what your terror is. It's not about his life.

When safety is our priority, we live our lives being very, very careful, and we wind up having no lives

The worst loss you've ever experienced is the greatest gift you can have.

All I have is all I need and all I need is all I have in this moment.

When you question what you believe, you leave the world, really, and what the world believes. It puts you in a very interesting position.

One morning as I lay sleeping on the floor, a cockroach crawled over my foot. And I opened my eyes out of this dead sleep - about a 43-year sleep - and in place of all that darkness was a joy that I can't describe.