Live in joy, luminosity, and peace even among the troubles of the world. Remember who you are.

The independence and rebelliousness of our adolescence offer us yet another quality essential to our practice; the insistence that we find out the truth for ourselves, accepting no one's word above our own experience.

It is true that the heart has its seasons, just as a flower opens to the sunlight and closes to the night. We need to be respectful of those rhythms. But we can't close down for long. It is our true nature to have an open heart.

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

Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.

The awakened heart and mind can be experienced as clarity itself, pure knowing.

Where we tended to be judgmental, we became more judgmental of ourselves in our spiritual practice.