I know that if we allow ourselves into the gridlock of tribalism, we're in trouble.

Anyone whose lifestyle may frighten you or whose point of view makes smoke come out of your ears.

If we want liberation, we must rewrite the Sleeping Beauty myth. No one is coming and no one else is to blame.

Don't persuade, defend or interrupt. Be curious, be conversational, be real. And listen.

Meditation practice is like piano scales, basketball drills, ballroom dance class. Practice requires discipline; it can be tedious; it is necessary. After you have practiced enough, you become more skilled at the art form itself. You do not practice to become a great scale player or drill champion. You practice to become a musician or athlete. Likewise, one does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.

If you have fathered a child, if you have given birth, if sex is a source of healthy pleasure, thank your pelvis and your reproductive organs for allowing you to feel the creative rhythms of life.

It's rare that you have a conflict and two people or two groups who are equally mature in their desire or capacity to get there. That doesn't mean it can't happen. What it means is that one person has to take the lead, has to be bigger. I call that kind of person the new first responder.