When we resist change, it’s called suffering. But when we can completely let go and not struggle against it, when we can embrace the groundlessness of our situation and relax into it’s dynamic quality, that’s called enlightenment

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

The way I regard those who hurt me today will affect how I experience the world in the future. In any encounter, we have a choice: we can strengthen our resentment or our understanding and empathy. We can widen the gap between ourselves and others or lessen it.

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.

All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.

Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but rather from getting to know them well.

If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.