Doing small things with love is the atom of bravery.

There are many ways that we grow, but there are two major ways: We shed what no longer works, or we're broken open. If we're unwilling to shed, then we will be broken open. Through shedding, we are worn down, just as nature is eroded to its beauty. I think that through suffering, human beings are eroded to our beauty.

Part of the blessing and challenge of being human is that we must discover our own true nature.

A love astounds us or a pain consumes us and we forget that we glow on our own.

Wakefulness is not a destination but a song the human heart keeps singing, the way birds keep singing at the first sign of light.

We can never be prepared for everything. No one person can anticipate all of life. In fact, overpreparation is yet another way to wall ourselves in from life.

When we heal ourselves, we heal the world.