The happiness we seek cannot be found through grasping, trying to hold on to things. It cannot be found through getting serious and uptight about wanting things to go in the direction we think will bring happiness. We are always taking hold of the wrong end of the stick. The point is that the happiness we seek is already here and it will be found through relaxation and letting go rather than through struggle.

By the way that we think and by the way that we believe in things, in that way our world is created.

All situations teach you, and often it's the tough ones that teach you best.

As we learn to have compassion for ourselves, the circle of compassion for others - what and whom we can work with, and how - becomes wider.

Allow situations in your life to become your teacher.

Buddhism itself is all about empowering yourself, not about getting what you want.

If there's any possibility for enlightenment, it's right now, not at some future time. Now is the time.