This moving away from comfort and security, this stepping out into what is unknown, uncharted and shaky - that's called liberation.

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

All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.

Meditation is not about getting out of ourselves or achieving something better. It is about getting in touch with what you already are.

I can't overestimate the importance of accepting ourselves exactly as we are right now, not as we wish we were or think we ought to be.

Sometimes people's spiritual ideas become fixed and they use them against those who don't share their beliefs - in effect, becoming fundamentalist. It's very dangerous - the finger of righteous indignation pointing at someone who is identified as bad or wrong.

We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.