True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.

Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.

Meditation is not a matter of trying to achieve ecstasy, spiritual bliss, or tranquillity, nor is it attempting to become a better person. It is simply the creation of a space in which we are able to expose and undo our neurotic games, our self-deceptions, our hidden fears and hopes.

I'm here to tell you that the path to peace is right there, when you want to get away.

If you follow your heart, you're going to find that it is often extremely inconvenient.

My experience with forgiveness is that it sort of comes spontaneously at a certain point and to try to force it it's not really forgiveness. It's Buddhist philosophy or something spiritual jargon that you're trying to live up to but you're just using it against yourself as a reason why you're not okay.

The idea of karma is that you continually get the teaching that you need to open your heart.