Our neurosis and our wisdom are made out of the same material. If you throw out your neurosis, you also throw out your wisdom.
The root of suffering is resisting the certainty that no matter what the circumstances, uncertainty is all we truly have.
Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we're stuck.
How do we cultivate the conditions for joy to expand? We train in staying present.
The root of compassion, is compassion for oneself.
We are all capable of becoming fundamentalists because we get addicted to other people's wrongness.