By not knowing, not hoping to know and not acting like we know what's happening, we begin to access our inner strength.

Resistance to unwanted circumstances has the power to keep those circumstances alive and well for a very long time.

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

This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it's with us wherever we go.

The most heartbreaking thing of all is how we cheat ourselves of the present moment.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.

Underneath our ordinary lives, underneath all the talking we do, all the moving we do, all the thoughts in our minds, there's a fundamental groundlessness. It's there bubbling along all the time. We experience it as restlessness and edginess. We experience it as fear. It motivates passion, aggression, ignorance, jealousy, and pride, but we never get down to the essence of it.