No amount of meditation, yoga, diet, and reflection will make all of our problems go away, but we can transform our difficulties into our practice until little by little they guide us on our way.

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

The emotional wisdom of the heart is simple. When we accept our human feelings, a remarkable transformation occurs. Tenderness and wisdom arise naturally and spontaneously. Where we once sought strength over others, now our strength becomes our own; where we once sought to defend ourselves, we laugh.

The words of the Buddha offer this truth: ∼ Hatred never ceases by hatred but by love alone is healed.

Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.

Though outer events may be difficult, the key to our happiness is how our mind responds to them.

Only in the reality of the present can we love, can we awaken, can we find peace and understanding and connection with ourselves and the world.