If I am incapable of washing dishes joyfully, if I want to finish them quickly so I can go and have dessert, I will be equally incapable of enjoying my dessert. With the fork in my hand, I will be thinking about what to do next, and the texture and flavor of the dessert, together with the pleasure of eating it, will be lost. I will always be dragged into the future, never able to live in the present moment.

Let us fill our hearts with our own compassion - towards ourselves and towards all living beings.

Mindfulness is like that—it is the miracle which can call back in a flash our dispersed mind and restore it to wholeness so that we can live each minute of life.

To be loved means to be recognized as existing.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

At the moment of waking up, before getting out of bed, get in touch with your breath

There are many, many Christians who practice Buddhism, and they become better and better Christians all the time.