Clarity and decisiveness come from the willingness to slow down, to listen to and look at what’s happening.

When we scratch the wound and give into our addictions we do not allow the wound to heal.

Sometimes we find that we like our thoughts so much that we don't want to let them go.

The second noble truth says that this resistance is the...mechanism of what we call ego, that resisting life causes suffering.

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

The central question of a warrior's training is not how we avoid uncertainty and fear but how we relate to discomfort.

Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply have to uncover it.