It isn't the things that are happening to us that cause us to suffer, it's what we say to ourselves about the things that are happening. The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

A thoroughly good relationship with ourselves results in being still, which doesn't mean we don't run and jump and dance about. It means there's no compulsiveness. We don't overwork, overeat, oversmoke, overseduce. In short, we begin to stop causing harm.

Lower your standards and relax as it is.

In a nutshell, when life is pleasant, think of others. When life is a burden, think of others.

Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.

We're not trying to be something we aren't; rather, we're reconnecting with who we are.

Right down there in the thick of things, we discover the love that will not die.