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

When there's a disappointment, I don't know if it's the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a great adventure.

If it's painful, you become willing not just to endure it but also to let it awaken your heart and soften you. You learn to embrace it.

Life's work is to wake up, to let the things that enter your life wake you up rather than put you to sleep.

Simply be present with your own shifting energies and with the unpredictabilit y of life as it unfolds.

In order to have compassion for others, we have to have compassion for ourselves.

Constantly apply cheerfulness, if for no other reason than because you are on this spiritual path. Have a sense of gratitude to everything, even difficult emotions, because of their potential to wake you up.