Some of the most patriarchal thinkers I know are women. Some of the most feminist thinkers are men.

People who are meditating every day and involved in a serious spiritual practice don't usually wake up in the morning and want to rush out to eat a bunch of junk food.

It takes courage...to endure the sharp pains of self discovery rather than choose to take the dull pain of unconsciousness that would last the rest of our lives.

Our internal state determines our experience of our lives; our experiences do not determine our internal state.

A change of heart leads to change in behavior, and a change in behavior leads to changing the world.

The bottom line in love is not whether someone loves you, but whether someone chooses you.

Forgiving the past means remembering the love there, and releasing all the rest as the illusion that it really was.