If you have rage and righteously act it out and blame it all on others, it's really you who suffers. The other people and the environment suffer also, but you suffer more because you're being eaten up inside with rage, causing you to hate yourself more and more

The biggest obstacle to taking a bigger perspective on life is that our emotions capture and blind us.

The essence of our whole path is in that place of discomfort, and what do we do with it?

We have two alternatives: either we question our beliefs - or we don't. Either we accept our fixed versions of reality- or we begin to challenge them. In Buddha's opinion, to train in staying open and curious - to train in dissolving our assumptions and beliefs - is the best use of our human lives.

Rejoicing in the good fortune of others is a practice that can help us when we feel emotionally shut down and unable to connect with others. Rejoicing generates good will.

Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both...Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both.

Don’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can.