Even Socrates, who lived a very frugal and simple life, loved to go to the market. When his students asked about this, he replied, "I love to go and see all the things I am happy without.

Those who are Awake live in a state of constant amazement.

It is hard to imagine a world without forgiveness. Without forgiveness life would be unbearable. Without forgiveness our lives are chained, forced to carry the sufferings of the past and repeat them with no release.

A second quality of mature sirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.

The near enemy of love is attachment. Attachment masquerades as love. It says, “I will love this person because I need them.” Or, “I’ll love you if you’ll love me back. I’ll love you, but only if you will be the way I want.” This isn’t love at all - it is attachment - and attachment is rigid, it is very different from love.

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

Whatever we cultivate in times of ease, we gather as strength for times of change.