This is the tendency of all living things: to avoid pain and to cling to pleasure.

Although we have the potential to experience the freedom of a butterfly, we mysteriously prefer the small and fearful cocoon of ego.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. Even if we run a hundred miles an hour to the other side of the continent, we find the very same problem awaiting us when we arrive.

Surrendering, letting go of possessiveness, and complete nonattachment-all are synonyms for accumulating merit.

At the root of all the harm we cause is ignorance.

The first noble truth of the Buddha is that when we feel suffering, it doesn’t mean that something is wrong. What a relief.

Awareness is the key. Do we see the stories that we're telling ourselves and question their validity?