The atoms that make up your body were once forged inside stars, and the causes of even the smallest event are virtually infinite and connected with the whole in incomprehensible ways.

Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die" --- and find that there is no death.

Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.

Pain is inevitable as long as you are identified with your mind.

Instead of asking, “what do I want from life?,” a more powerful question is, “what does life want from me?

Man made God in his own image.

Stress is a form of suffering, but it is accepted as normal. And it is normal in our world.