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.

We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.

To let go in the deepest recesses of the heart, to release all struggle and wanting, leads us to that knowing which is timeless.

The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.

The task is not to perfect yourself, it's to perfect your love.

Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.

When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another - and ourselves.