A great deal of the chaos in the world occurs because people don't appreciate themselves.

Our bodies demand our attention; our bodies demand that we actually pay attention to what is going on with our lives.

As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.

We need to encourage an attitude of constant questioning, which is a genuine part of our potential as students. If students were required to drop their questions, that would create armies of zombies- rows of jellyfish...The questioning mind is absolutely necessary.

when one learns a different way of dealing with the situation, one no longer has to have a purpose. One is not on the way to somewhere. Or rather, one is on the way and one is also at the destination at the same time. That is really what meditation is for.

Artistic vision comes from a mind clear enough to fall in love with what we see.

Opening to oneself fully is opening to the world.