To open deeply, as genuine spiritual life requires, we need tremendous courage and strength, a kind of warrior spirit.

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

In this world there are two great sources of strength. One rests with those who are not afraid to kill. The other rests with those who are not afraid to love.

It's much better to become a Buddha than a Buddhist.

Whenever we forgive, in small ways at home, or in great ways between nations, we free ourselves from the past.

Great pain, when it is honored from the heart, opens into great understanding.

At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?