Religion is a bridge to the spiritual, but the spiritual lies beyond religion.

Everybody is a story.

When we know ourselves to be connected to all others, acting compassionately is simply the natural thing to do.

I don't think there's such a thing as a bad emotion. The only bad emotion is a stuck emotion.

In our instinctive attachments, our fear of change, and our wish for certainty and permanence, we may undercut the impermanence which is our greatest strength, our most fundamental identity. Without impermanence, there is no process. The nature of life is change. All hope is based on process.

The secret of living well is not in having all the answers but in pursuing unanswerable questions in good company.

Fear is the friction in all transitions.