Genuine fearlessness arises with the confidence that we will be able to gather the inner resources to deal with any situation that comes our way.

Meditation is not just blissing out under a mango tree. It completely changes your brain and therefore changes what you are.

At each point in our lives, we are at a crossroads. We are the fruit of our past and we are the architects of our future... If you want to know your past, look at your present circumstances. If you want to know your future, look at what is in your mind.

Mind training is based on the idea that two opposite mental factors cannot happen at the same time. You could go from love to hate. But you cannot, at the same time - toward the same object, the same person - want to harm and want to do good.

We try to fix the outside so much, but our control of the outer world is limited, temporary, and often, illusory.

By breaking down our sense of self-importance, all we lose is a parasite that has long infected our minds. What we gain in return is freedom, openness of mind, spontaneity, simplicity, altruism: all qualities inherent in happiness.

Wisdom and compassion should become the dominating influences that guide our thoughts , our words, and our actions.