The truth is that good and bad coexist; sour and sweet coexist. They aren't really opposed to each other.

If you follow your heart, you're going to find that it is often extremely inconvenient.

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

Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth

Appreciate everything, even the ordinary... Especially the ordinary.

We insist on being Someone, with a capital S. We get security from defining ourselves as worthless or worthy, superior or inferior. We waste precious time exaggerating or romanticizing or belittling ourselves with a complacent surety that yes, that’s who we are. We mistake the openness of our being—the inherent wonder and surprise of each moment—for a solid, irrefutable self. Because of this misunderstanding, we suffer.

At the root of all the harm we cause is ignorance.