Pain is not a punishment; pleasure is not a reward.

What you do for yourself, you're doing for others, and what you do for others, you're doing for yourself.

There's something delicious about finding fault with something. And that can be including finding fault with one's self, you know?

Few of us are satisfied with retreating from the world and just working on ourselves. We want our training to manifest and to be of benefit. The bodhisattva-warrior, therefore, makes a vow to wake up not just for himself but for the welfare of all beings.

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

You must learn to sit with the restless, painful energy and not let the momentum pull you under and cause you to do the same thing over and over that's ruining your life and the lives of those around you.

It is possible to move through the drama of our lives without believing so earnestly in the character that we play.