The ability to handle stress increases with the practice of meditation. In a culture like ours in which inner, spiritual growth is totally neglected in favor of materialistic pursuits, we might have something to learn from the Hare Krishna devotees' meditational practices.

People learn what they want to learn. If learning is forced on us, even if we master it temporarily, it is soon forgotten.

Simple inattention kills empathy, let alone compassion. So the first step in compassion is to notice the other's need. It all begins with the simple act of attention.

When it comes to exploring the mind in the framework of cognitive neuroscience, the maximal yield of data comes from integrating what a person experiences - the first person - with what the measurements show - the third person.

Societies can be sunk by the weight of buried ugliness.

I don't think focus is in itself ever a bad thing. But focus of the wrong kind, or managed poorly, can be.

Compassion begins with attention.