It is a form of violence, to not see a being for who he or she really is. You think, "Oh, that's my son." But the lens, "my son," completely obliterates the multi- dimensions of that being. Maybe you only see your disappointments in that child, or you aspirations for that child, but that's not the child.

Discipline provides a constancy which is independent of what kind of day you had yesterday and what kind of day you anticipate today.

Once in awhile throughout the day...let go into full acceptance of the present moment, including how you are feeling and what you perceive to be happening... Give yourself permission to allow this moment to be exactly as it is, and allow yourself to be exactly as you are. Then, when you're ready, move in the direction your heart tells you to go, mindfully and with resolution.

Most people think that to meditate, I should feel a particular special something, and if I don't, then I must be doing something wrong.

Mindfulness is so powerful that the fact that it comes out of Buddhism is irrelevant.

Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.

There is just this moment. We are not trying to improve or to get anywhere else.