Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.

We can begin to open our hearts to others when we have no hope of getting anything back. We just do it for its own sake.

So even if the hot loneliness is there, and for 1.6 seconds we sit with that restlessness when yesterday we couldn't sit for even one, that's the journey of the warrior. (68)

It's also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that's sitting right here right now... with its aches and it pleasures... is exactly what we need to be fully human, fully awake, fully alive.

The central question of a warrior's training is not how we avoid uncertainty and fear but how we relate to discomfort.

Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but rather from getting to know them well.

Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply have to uncover it.