The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.

We don't know all the reasons that propel us on a spiritual journey, but somehow our life compels us to go.

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

Compassion for ourselves gives rise to the power to transform resentment into forgiveness, hatred into friendliness, and fear into respect for all beings.

To bow to the fact of our life's sorrows and betrayals is to accept them; and from this deep gesture we discover that all life is workable. As we learn to bow, we discover that the heart holds more freedom and compassion than we could imagine.

It's much better to become a Buddha than a Buddhist.

Acceptance does not mean inaction. We may need to respond, strongly at times...From a peaceful center we can respond instead of react. Unconscious reactions create problems. Considered responses bring peace. With a peaceful heart whatever happens can be met with wisdom...Peace is not weak; it is unshakable.