It takes practice to hear your true desires. Your passion will often come as a whisper or serendipitous event that reminds you of what's important and what makes you happy.

Ultimately what you do is secondary. But how you do it is primary.

When you say, 'I enjoy doing this or that', it is really a misperception. It makes it appear that the joy comes from what you do, but that is not the case. Joy does not come from what you do, it flows into what you do and thus into this world from deep within you.

When you look at a tree and perceive its stillness, you become still yourself. You connect with it at a very deep level. You feel a oneness with whatever you perceive in and through stillness.

Any action that arises out of stress is of low quality, and it contributes to human suffering. You are making yourself and others suffer.

To love is to recognize yourself in another.

You can't wait for the end of your problems for you to be present. It has to be done whereever you are - which is now