People had been writing to me and saying, "Can you write something for children?" I felt I couldn't quite do it myself because I never had children.

Humanity as a species must change dramatically and radically or our survival is at stake.

The recognition of the false is already the arising of the real.

Every addiction starts with pain and ends with pain.

Whenever you meet anybody, it is a holy encounter. The primary event is the energy field of presence between you and the other human being that arises. You enjoy it. There is deep joy in the meeting.

When you take your attention into the present moment, a certain alertness arises. You become more conscious of what's around you, but also, strangely, a sense of presence that is both within and without.

Nothing ever happened in the past that can prevent you from being present now, and if the past cant prevent you from being present now, what power does it have?