Compassion starts with making friends with ourselves.

Sitting meditation gives us a way to move closer to our thoughts and emotions and to get in touch with our bodies.

The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.

As we practice, we begin to know the difference between our fantasy and reality.

The painful thing is that when we buy into disapproval,we are practicing disapproval. When we buy into harshness,we are practicing harshness.

The teacher will never give up on the student no matter how mixed up he or she might be

It is a commitment to respect whatever life brings that we develop wholehearted determination to use discomfort as an opportunity for awakening, rather than trying to make it disappear.