Though outer events may be difficult, the key to our happiness is how our mind responds to them.
True love is not for the faint-hearted.
The task is not to perfect yourself, it's to perfect your love.
As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home.
The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.
We must look at our life without sentimentality, exaggeration or idealism. Does what we are choosing reflect what we most deeply value?