There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.

Only in the reality of the present can we love, can we awaken, can we find peace and understanding and connection with ourselves and the world.

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

Meditation takes discipline, just like learning how to play piano. If you want to learn how to play the piano, it takes more than a few minutes a day, once a while, here and there. If you really want to learn any important skill, whether it is playing piano or meditation, it grows with perseverance, patience, and systematic training.

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

The person who betrayed you is sunning themselves on a beach in Hawaii and you're knotted up in hatred. Who is suffering?

To become mindful … present … is really the invitation to work with the joys and the sorrows of the world, and to do so with this gift, this capacity of loving awareness, of attention that actually can be present for the whole dance.