We spend all our energy and waste our lives trying to re-create these zones of safety, which are always falling apart. That's the essence of samsara - the cycle of suffering that comes from continuing to seek happiness in all the wrong places.

Share the wealth. Be generous with your joy. Give away what you most want. Be generous with your insights and delights.

If you work with your mind, instead of trying to change everything on the outside, that's how your temper will cool down.

Most spiritual experiences begin with suffering. They begin with groundlessness. They begin when the rug has been pulled out from under us.

Honesty without kindness, humor, and goodheartedness can be just mean.

At some point, we realize that what we do for ourselves benefits others, and what we do for others benefits us.

As each breath goes out, let it be the end of that moment and the birth of something new. . .