In the same way that we have to clean wax from our ears and dirt from our eyes, we're all asked to clean out our conclusions and judgments, which block our heart from meeting the world.

The simplest and bravest way to counter the plight of disheartenment is to move toward what is precious.

The sun doesn't stop shining because some people are blind.

My own time on earth has led me to believe in two powerful instruments that turn experience into love: holding and listening. For every time I have held or been held, every time I have listened or been listened to, experience burns like wood in that eternal fire, and I find myself in the presence of love. This has always been so.

Grief can be a slow ache that never seems to stop rising, yet as we grieve, those we love mysteriously become more and more a part of who we are.

The flower doesn't dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes.

The fully engaged heart is the antibody for the infection of violence.