It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.

The way I regard those who hurt me today will affect how I experience the world in the future. In any encounter, we have a choice: we can strengthen our resentment or our understanding and empathy. We can widen the gap between ourselves and others or lessen it.

Fear itself is the vanguard of wisdom

We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake

In the end, that's what we all need more than anything else: to be there for each other, in every kind of situation.

Never underestimate the desire to bolt.

Few of us are satisfied with retreating from the world and just working on ourselves. We want our training to manifest and to be of benefit. The bodhisattva-warrior, therefore, makes a vow to wake up not just for himself but for the welfare of all beings.