Compassion is our deepest nature. It arises from our interconnection with all things.

You are the mystery incarnating itself, and it's beautiful when you remember. It's also painful and awesome and it contains unbearable beauty and unfathomable pain - the ocean of tears and galaxy of bliss. I don't say that lightly, but it's what we have.

We must especially learn the art of directing mindfulness into the closed areas of our life.

Train your mind the same way you’d train a puppy: Be patient, be consistent, and have some fun along the way.

...Spiritual opening is not a withdrawal to some imagined realm or safe cave. It is not a pulling away, but a touching of all the experience of life with wisdom and with a heart of kindness, without any separation.

We are awakened to the profound realization that the true path to liberation is to let go of everything.

We must look at our life without sentimentality, exaggeration or idealism. Does what we are choosing reflect what we most deeply value?