In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.

No matter what situation we find ourselves in, we can always set our compass to our highest intentions in the present moment

Thich Nhat Hanh has the ability to express some of the most profound teachings of interdependence and emptiness I've ever heard. With the eloquence of a poet, he holds up a sheet of paper and teaches us that the rain cloud and the tree and the logger who cut the tree down are all there in the paper. He's been one of the most significant carriers of the lamp of the dharma to the West that we have had.

Those who are Awake live in a state of constant amazement.

It only take a few minutes of meditation to directly realize we are a river of sensations, feelings, thoughts, perceptions. How can we navigate this evanescent river of life wisely? With mindful awareness and love it becomes clear. You can fight against the river of change, or use its wisdom to teach you how to graciously move and create and flow with the full measure of joy and sorrow, gain and loss, praise and blame that make up every human incarnation.

We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.

Your happiness and suffering depend on your actions and not on my wishes for you.