The only way to ease our fear and be truly happy is to acknowledge our fear and look deeply at its source. Instead of trying to escape from our fear, we can invite it up to our awareness and look at it clearly and deeply.

Anger is like a flame blazing up and consuming our self-control, making us think, say, and do things that we will probably regret later.

I am you and you are me; it is obvious we inter-are.

Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.

Meditation is not meant to help us avoid problems or run away from difficulties. It is meant to allow positive healing to take place. To meditate is to learn how to stop—to stop being carried away by our regrets about the past, our anger or despair in the present, or our worries about the future.

True love always brings joy to ourself and the one we love. If our love does not bring joy to both of us, it is not true love.

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?