Grief is neither a disorder nor a healing process; it is a sign of health itself, a whole and natural gesture of love. Nor must we see grief as a step toward something better. No matter how much it hurts-and it may be the greatest pain in life-grief can be an end in itself, a pure expression of love.

Zen is not about eliminating thoughts but illuminating them.

Seek the truth, not what is comfortable. Seek the real, not the easy.

I would prefer a thousand mistakes in extravagance of love to any paralysis in wariness of fear.

Peace is not something you can force on anything or anyone... much less upon one's own mind. It is like trying to quiet the ocean by pressing upon the waves. Sanity lies in somehow opening to the chaos, allowing anxiety, moving deeply into the tumult, diving into the waves, where underneath, within, peace simply is.

To experience a little hunger now and then can be a beautiful reminder of the deeper hunger of our souls.

Addiction is not something we can simply take care of by applying the proper remedy. For it is in the very nature of addiction to feed on our attempts to master it.