Compassion is the feeling of shared suffering. When you feel someone else's suffering, there is the birth of understanding.

Most people believe that aging is painful and we know that pain is from diseases that are preventable, not from aging.

There is a part of yourself that is not subject to change, it is the silent witness behind the scenes. That is essentially your spirit, the spirit being an abstract but real force. It is as real as gravity. It is as real as time. It is incomprehensible. It is mysterious but it is powerful and it is eternal.

We must go beyond the constant clamor of ego, beyond the tools of logic and reason, to the still, calm place within us: the realm of the soul.

Bring into your mind anyone against whom you have a grievance and let it go. Send that person your forgiveness.

Remember this: Beliefs divide, values unite. When we go to the values that underlie so many religious beliefs, they unite us.

The trees must breathe so I can breathe.