The attainment of enlightenment from ego's point of view is extreme death.

Sometimes one touches on a very painful spot where one is almost too shy to look into it, but somehow one still has to go through it. And by going into it, one finally achieves a real command of oneself. One gains a thorough knowledge of oneself for the first time.

Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.

The point of meditation is not merely to be an honest or good person in the conventional sense, trying only to maintain our security. We must begin to become compassionate and wise in the fundamental sense, open and relating to the world as it is.

The essence of warriorship, or the essence of human bravery, is refusing to give up on anyone or anything.

When we talk about compassion we talk in terms of being kind. But compassion is not so much being kind; it is being creative [enough] to wake a person up

The simplicity of meditation means just experiencing the ape instinct of ego.