Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we're stuck.

Fear itself is the vanguard of wisdom

I'm here to tell you that the path to peace is right there, when you want to get away.

All the terrible things we do to ourselves and others from alcoholism to character assignation to abuse to murder come from one cause: the inability to stay present with an uncomfortable feeling in the body and seek short-term relief.

As human beings, not only do we seek resolution, but we also feel that we deserve resolution. However, not only do we not deserve resolution, we suffer from resolution. We don't deserve resolution; we deserve something better than that. We deserve our birthright, which is the middle way, an open state of mind that can relax with paradox and ambiguity.

As Buddhism moved from one culture to another, it always adapted.

When we are willing to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it.