Where we tended to be judgmental, we became more judgmental of ourselves in our spiritual practice.

Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.

When I sit with students, I do not just want to help them solve their problems. I want to find a moment with each person where their mind stops and their eyes open. I want us to be together as if we were lying in a field on the underside of the earth on a clear summer night, held only by the magnet of gravity, looking down into a bottomless sea of stars. I want us to remember together the beauty all around us.

We can easily become loyal to our suffering … but it's not the end of the path.

Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.

The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner's mind.

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