...the past gives you an identity and the future holds the promise of salvation, of fulfillment in whaterver form. Both are illusions.

Emotions arise in the place where your mind and body meet

The power of the heart is to be connected with who you are at the deepest level. The power of the heart is the power of life itself, the power of the very intelligence that pervades and underlies the entire universe. It is a power that lies at the very heart of the universe. So to live in connectedness with that, then you are in touch with the power of the heart.

There can be associations - enlightened businesses, for example - that do not work on the basis of us against them or wanting profit as the main motivating force behind what they do.

Suffering is necessary until you realize it is unnecessary.

To offer no resistance to life is to be in a state of grace, ease, and lightness.

The characters get challenged. Through getting challenged, the character arrives at insights or discovers potentials that he or she didn't know they had.