Self-honesty is not putting yourself down or feeling sorry for yourself. Self-honesty is looking at things as they are and then being compelled to make changes.

If you had to pick between one or the other, I can't say which one is better; but I would certainly say, in my orientation, the light of samadhi is all-pervasive. Samadhi will free you.

When you have grown accustomed to sitting and meditating, try to stop your thoughts. That's the bottom line in meditative practice.

They had the same fears that you have, the same aggressive tendencies and the same attachments, but they were freed in time because they believed.

I was very immersed in the world. I'm very worldly. I love world. I was immersed in my career, in school, in teaching.

I think one can advance faster outside a monastery if you use the experiences of daily life to advance yourself.

Success and failure are terrible traps.