Grant that I have enough suffering that my heart really opens to the great compassion of this world, that I be given enough so that I don't wall myself off from the world, that it breaks down the heart and the separation and the ego and the fear, and it lets me touch the nectar, the milk of kindness itself, of something greater.

Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control. We can love and care for others but we cannot possess our children, lovers, family, or friends. We can assist them, pray for them, and wish them well, yet in the end their happiness and suffering depend on their thoughts and actions, not on our wishes.

When we let go of yearning for the future, preoccupation with the past, and strategies to protect the present, there is nowhere left to go but where we are. To connect with the present moment is to begin to appreciate the beauty of true simplicity.

Virtue and integrity are necessary for genuine happiness. Guard your integrity with care.

Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.

When we feel anger toward someone, we can consider that they are a being just like us, who has faced much suffering in life.

There are many ways up the mountain and each of us must choose a practice that feels true to our heart.