The wisdom, the strength, the confidence - the awakened heart and mind are always accessible -- here, now, always.

Patience has nothing to do with suppression. In fact, it has everything to do with a gentle, honest relationship with yourself.

Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.

The only way to ease our pain is to experience it fully. Learn to stay with uneasiness, learn to stay with the tightening, so that the habitual chain reaction doesn't continue to rule your life.

Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?

Don’t get caught up in hopes of what you’ll achieve and how good your situation will be some day in the future. What you do right now is what matters.

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.