Everyone and everything is in some degree or other our teacher.

Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.

Everybody needs to take some time, in some way, to quiet themselves and really listen to their heart.

Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.

What brings the karmic result from the patterns of our actions is not our action alone. As we intend and then act, we create [our] karma: so another key to understanding the creation of karma is becoming aware of intention. The heart is our garden, and along with each action there is an intention that is planted like a seed. The result of the patterns of our karma is the fruit of these seeds.

At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?

It is possible to speak with our heart directly. Most ancient cultures know this. We can actually converse with our heart as if it were a good friend. In modern life we have become so busy with our daily affairs and thoughts that we have lost this essential art of taking time to converse with our heart.