One of the essential tasks for living a wise life is letting go. Letting go is the path to freedom. It is only by letting go of the hopes, the fears, the pain, the past, the stories that have a hold on us that we can quiet our mind and open our heart.

Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?

Great pain, when it is honored from the heart, opens into great understanding.

This life is a test-it is only a test. If it had been an actual life, you would have received further instructions on where to go and what to do. Remember, this life is only a test.

If we are engaged in actions that cause pain and conflict to ourselves and others, it is impossible for the mind to become settled, collected, and focused in meditation; it is impossible for the heart to open.

Knowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched.

Whenever we forgive, in small ways at home, or in great ways between nations, we free ourselves from the past.