Now that I know that I am no wiser than anyone else, does this wisdom make me wiser?

What an absurd amount of energy I have been wasting all my life trying to find out how things 'really are', when all the time they weren't.

Our job this day is to become part of the answer to the world's immense and protracted suffering rather than continuing our ancient task of being part of the difficulty.

But it's morning. Within my hands is another day. Another day to listen and love and walk and glory. I am here for another day.

perfectionism is a slow death. if everything were to turn out just like i would want it to, just like i would plan for it to, then i would never experience anything new; my life would be an endless repetition of stale successes. when i make a mistake i experience something unexpected.... when i have listened to my mistakes i have grown.

True humor is fun - it does not put down, kid, or mock. It makes people feel wonderful, not separate, different, and cut off. True humor has beneath it the understanding that we are all in this together.

Whenever I find myself arguing for something with great passion, I can be certain I'm not convinced.