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

No amount of outer technology, no amount of computers and biotechnology and nanotechnology is going to stop the continuation of warfare and racism and environmental destruction. What's called for on the Earth at this time is really a change of heart ... the question is really not the future of humanity, but the presence of eternity.

What we seek is what we are.

Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.

Knowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched.

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

The ends do not justify the means. If our actions will bring harm to others, even in the service of some 'good,' they are almost certainly deluded. If our actions do not come from a kind heart, from loving courage and compassion, they are deluded. If they are based on a distinction between 'us' and 'them,' they stem from delusion. Only to the extent that we act from the wisdom of no separation, understanding how we are woven together, will our intention bring benefit.