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

The aim of spiritual life is to awaken a joyful freedom, a benevolent and compassionate heart in spite of everything.

Though outer events may be difficult, the key to our happiness is how our mind responds to them.

Forgiveness does not mean that we have to continue to relate to those who have done us harm. In some cases the best practice may be to end our connection, to never speak to or be with a harmful person again. Sometimes in the process of forgiveness a person who hurts or betrayed us may wish to make amends, but even this does not require us to put ourselves in the way of further harm.

The best of modern therapy is much like a process of shared meditation, where therapist and client sit together, learning to pay close attention to those aspects and dimensions of the self that the client may be unable to touch on his or her own.

We need energy, commitment, and courage not to run from our life nor to cover it over with any philosophy—material or spiritual.

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