You could begin to notice whenever you find yourself blaming others or justifying yourself. If you spent the rest of your life just noticing that and letting it be a way to uncover the silliness of the human condition-the tragic yet comic drama that we all continually buy into-you could develop a lot of wisdom and a lot of kindness as well as a great sense of humor.

What happens with you when you begin to feel uneasy, unsettled, queasy? Notice the panic, notice when you instantly grab for something. (51)

The biggest obstacle to taking a bigger perspective on life is that our emotions capture and blind us.

The more neurosis the more wisdom.

We don't experience the world fully unless we are willing to give everything away.

In truth, there is enormous space in which to live our everyday lives.

We don’t sit in meditation to become good meditators. We sit in meditation so that we’ll be more awake in our lives.