The Sufis have a saying: "Praise Allah, and tie your camel to a post." This brings together both parts of practice: pray, yes, but also make sure that you do what is necessary in the world.

According to Buddhist scriptures, compassion is the "quivering of the pure heart" when we have allowed ourselves to be touched by the pain of life.

May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.

We as human beings have the amazing capacity to be reborn at breakfast everyday and say, “This is a new day.”

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

The quieting of our mind is a political act.

We need energy, commitment, and courage not to run from our life nor to cover it over with any philosophy—material or spiritual.