Appreciate everything, even the ordinary... Especially the ordinary.

Do I prefer to grow up and relate to life directly, or do I choose to live and die in fear?

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

Enlightenment is a direct experience with reality.

We can stop thinking that good practice is when it’s smooth and calm, and bad practice is when it’s rough and dark. If we can hold it all in our hearts, then we can make a proper cup of tea.

Compassion isn't some kind of self-improvement project or ideal that we're trying to live up to. Having compassion starts and ends with having compassion for all those unwanted parts of ourselves, all those imperfections that we don't even want to look at.

Whatever is happening is the path to enlightenment.