Know that the freedom you seek can be found right here where you are.

We can bring a heart of understanding and compassion to a world that needs it so much.

Each moment of every day is new and then it vanishes. Where is that day? Where is that moment?

In this world there are two great sources of strength. One rests with those who are not afraid to kill. The other rests with those who are not afraid to love.

There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.

When we take the one seat on our meditation cushion we become our own monastery. We create the compassionate space that allows for the arising of all things: sorrows, loneliness, shame, desire, regret, frustration, happiness.

Whatever your difficulties - a devastated heart, financial loss, feeling assaulted by the conflicts around you, or a seemingly hopeless illness - you can always remember that you are free in every moment to set the compass of your heart to your highest intentions. In fact, the two things that you are always free to do - despite your circumstances - are to be present and to be willing to love.