You haven't yet opened your heart fully, to life, to each moment. The peaceful warrior's way is not about invulnerability, but absolute vulnerability--to the world, to life, and to the Presence you felt. All along I've shown you by example that a warrior's life is not about imagined perfection or victory; it is about love. Love is a warrior's sword; wherever it cuts, it gives life, not death.

My parents, like others of "The Greatest Generation" who lived through the Great Depression and World War II, wanted to provide the best possible life for their children. My mother and father both attended college but dropped out to earn a living during the Depression, working the rest of their lives at blue-collar work.

The secret of change consists in concentrating one's energy to create the new, and not to fight against the old.

Action is stronger than subjectivity. No matter what you feel or think, you can still act.

Peaceful warriors have the patience to wait until the mud settles and the water clears. They remain unmoving until the right time, so the right action arises by itself. They do not seek fulfillment, but wait with open arms to welcome all things.

When running up a hill, it is all right to give up as many times as you wish-as long as your feet keep on moving.

Personal and collective awakening are one and the same - when a raindrop joins the sea, the sea also merges with the raindrop.