When we are willing to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it.

Enlightenment is a direct experience with reality.

We can begin to open our hearts to others when we have no hope of getting anything back. We just do it for its own sake.

It's also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that's sitting right here right now... with its aches and it pleasures... is exactly what we need to be fully human, fully awake, fully alive.

There's a reason you can learn from everything: you have basic wisdom, basic intelligence, and basic goodness.

Every moment is incredibly unique and fresh, and when we drop into the moment, as meditation allows us to do, we learn how to truly taste this tender and mysterious life that we share together.

According to the Buddhist belief, you can go on and on indefinitely, so you see your life as just a brief moment in time.