If your mind is expansive and unfettered, you will find yourself in a more accommodating world, a place that's endlessly interesting and alive. That quality isn't inherent in the place but in your state of mind.

This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it's with us wherever we go.

We are all capable of becoming fundamentalists because we get addicted to other people's wrongness.

Whatever you are doing, take the attitude of wanting it directly or indirectly to benefit others. Take the attitude of wanting it to increase your experience of kinship with your fellow beings.

If your mind is expansive and unfettered, you will find yourself in a more accommodating world, a place that's endlessly interesting and alive. That quality isn't inherent in the place but in your state of mind.

Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.

Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth