It's important to remember, when we're out there aggressively working for reform, that, even if our particular issue doesn't get resolved, we are adding peace to the world. We have to do our best and at the same time give up all hope of fruition.

As Buddhism moved from one culture to another, it always adapted.

Nothing in its essence is one way or the other.

Our patterns are well established, seductive, and comforting. Just wanting for them to be ventilated isn't enough. Those of us who struggle with this know.

We are all capable of becoming fundamentalists because we get addicted to other people's wrongness.

It is possible to move through the drama of our lives without believing so earnestly in the character that we play.

Buddhism itself is all about empowering yourself, not about getting what you want.