If you put a spoonful of salt in a cup of water it tastes very salty. If you put a spoonful of salt in a lake of fresh water the taste is still pure and clear. Peace comes when our hearts are open like the sky, vast as the ocean.

In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.

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

The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.

Beneath the sophistication of Buddhist psychology lies the simplicity of compassion. We can touch into this compassion whenever the mind is quiet, whenever we allow the heart to open.

Of course, you play the game of life because you got to be incarnated.

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