If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.

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

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.

Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.

Gratitude is confidence in life itself. In it, we feel how the same force that pushes grass through cracks in the sidewalk invigorates our own life.

When we let go of our battles and open our hearts to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment. This is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice.