In order to have compassion for others, we have to have compassion for ourselves.

Never underestimate the power of compassionately recognizing what's going on.

Everything in our lives has the potential to wake us up or put us to sleep. Allowing it to awaken us is up to us.

It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately fill up the space. By waiting, we begin to connect with fundamental restlessness as well as fundamental spaciousness. -Pema Chodron, from "When Things Fall Apart

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

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

we come to realize that other people's welfare is just as important as our own. In helping them, we help ourselves. In helping ourselves, we help the world.