Gloriousness and wretchedness need each other. One inspires us, the other softens us.

Patience has nothing to do with suppression. In fact, it has everything to do with a gentle, honest relationship with yourself.

If you work with your mind, that will alleviate all the suffering that seems to come from the outside.

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

The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.

I can't overestimate the importance of accepting ourselves exactly as we are right now, not as we wish we were or think we ought to be.

There is no cultivation of patience when your pattern is to just try to seek harmony and smooth everything out. Patience implies willingness to be alive rather than trying to seek harmony.