We become in part what our senses take in.

As meditation deepens, compulsions, cravings and fits of emotion begin to lose their power to dictate our behavior. We see clearly that choices are possible; we can say yes or we can say no. It is profoundly liberating.

The real essentials of life - compassion, kindness, good will, forgiveness - are what is fundamental to living as a true human being.

When the mind is still, we can become an instrument of peace.

Every angry thought makes it a little easier to get angry the next time, and a little more likely.

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

A calm mind releases the most precious capacity a human being can have: the capacity to turn anger into compassion, fear into fearlessness, and hatred into love.