Peace isn’t an experience free of challenges, free of rough and smooth, it’s an experience that’s expansive enough to include all that arises without feeling threatened.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

If there's any possibility for enlightenment, it's right now, not at some future time. Now is the time.

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

Deep down in the human spirit, there is a reservoir of courage. It is always available, always waiting to be discovered.

Someone needs to encourage us not to brush aside what we feel. Not to be ashamed of the love and grief that it arouses in us. Not to be afraid of pain. Someone needs to encourage us: that this soft spot in us could be awakened, and that to do this would change our lives.

Honesty without kindness, humor, and goodheartedness can be just mean. From the very beginning to the very end, pointing to our own hearts to discover what is true isn’t just a matter of honesty but also of compassion and respect for what we see.