This, too, will pass.

A self - a me - exists in every thought and every emotion. Suffering arises through complete identification with thinking and emotions.

I drink a glass of wine or two occasionally with dinner. 'You drink alcohol?!' Well, if my state of consciousness is so fragile that a glass of wine would upset it, then it can't be worth very much.

The ego wants to want more than it wants to have. And so the shallow satisfaction of having is always replaced by more wanting.

Attention is the key to transformation- and full attention also implies acceptance.

Instead of fighting the darkness, you bring in the light.

Stress is a form of suffering.