Yet I knew that spiritual practice is impossible without great dedication, energy, and commitment.

Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.

Train your mind the same way you’d train a puppy: Be patient, be consistent, and have some fun along the way.

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

True love is not for the faint-hearted.

When attachment arises in the place of love, it sees the other as separate; it grasps and needs. Attachment is conditional; it seeks control and it fear loss. Ask your heart if attachment has replaced love. If we speak to our heart, it will always tell us the truth.

A factor that greatly supports the opening of energy in practice is exercise and care of the physical body.