When someone at peace and free from hurry enters a room, that person has a calming effect on everyone present.

To enjoy anything, we cannot be attached to it... What we usually try to do is capture any joy that comes our way before it can escape... We try to cling to pleasure, but all we succeed in doing is making ourselves frustrated because, whatever it promises, pleasure simply cannot last. But if I am willing to kiss the joy as it flies, I say, "Yes, this moment is beautiful. I won't grab it. I'll let it go."

Human relationships are the perfect tool for sanding away our rough edges and getting at the core of divinity within us.

When we go slower, we are more patient and when we are more patient we have a choice in how we respond.

Patience can't be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it.

Nothing really worth having comes quickly and easily. If it did, I doubt that we would ever grow.

Instead of looking at difficulties as deprivations, we can learn to recognize them as opportunities for deepening and widening our love.