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

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.

A warrior accepts that we can never know what will happen to us next.

We can begin to open our hearts to others when we have no hope of getting anything back. We just do it for its own sake.

Are you experiencing restlessness? Stay! Are fear and loathing out of control? Stay! Aching knees and throbbing back? Stay! What's for lunch? Stay! I can't stand this another minute! Stay!

In meditation and in our daily lives there are three qualities that we can nurture, cultivate, and bring out. We already possess these, but they can be ripened: precision, gentleness, and the ability to let go.

Difficult people are the greatest teachers.