Sometimes, when I talk to someone who has just been diagnosed with cancer or some other illness, I'll remind them: "If you were honest with yourself, you were depressed before this happened. And if this were over you would be happy for a couple of weeks, a couple of months, and then something else would come along."

Relationship are part of the vast plan for our enlightenment.

Often miracles are happening right in front of our eyes, but we think they should look different, so we miss them though they're right there.

As we awaken individually, we will act more powerfully collectively.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

The wise person doesn't ask, "What have I achieved?" but rather, "What have I contributed?"

We cannot give what we do not have: We cannot bring peace to the world if we ourselves are not peaceful. We cannot bring love to the world if we ourselves are not loving. Our true gift to ourselves and others lies not in what we have but in who we are.