The third noble truth says that the cessation of suffering is letting go of holding on to ourselves.

Each person's life is like a mandala - a vast, limitless circle. We stand in the center of our own circle, and everything we see, hear and think forms the mandala of our life ... everything that shows up in your mandala is a vehicle for your awakening.

Meditation isn't really about getting rid of thoughts, it's about changing the pattern of grasping on to things, which in our everyday experience is our thoughts.

Never underestimate the desire to bolt.

Impermanence is a principle of harmony. When we don't struggle against it, we are in harmony with reality.

The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.

To put it concisely, we suffer when we resist the noble and irrefutable truth of impermanence and death.