The essence of generosity is letting go. Pain is always a sign that we are holding on to something - usually ourselves.

Every day is a new opportunity to work with what you have inside toward enlightenment.

We give it up and just look directly with compassion and humor at who we are. Then loneliness is no threat and heartache, no punishment.

The best spiritual instruction is when you wake up in the morning and say, 'I wonder what's going to happen today.' And then carry that kind of curiosity through your life.

Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all. When there's a big disappointment, we don't know if that's the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a great adventure. Life is like that. We don't know anything. We call something bad; we call it good. But really we just don't know.

Compassion starts with making friends with ourselves.

One of the deepest habitual patterns that we have is to feel that now is not enough.