Don’t compare your path with anybody else’s. Your path is unique to you.

I've firmly come to the conclusion that there are no 'themes' for me anymore. I can't be told who to hate, who to fight, who to subdue - I only see an 'us' in my heart.

When you look back at your own life, you see ... the sufferings you went through, each time you would have avoided it if you possibly could. And yet, when you look at the depth of your character now, isn't a part of that a product of those experiences? Weren't those experiences part of what created the depth of your inner being?

There are wars and poverty and so on - it's based on fear. You can cure that with your being by not being afraid.

Until we know that we can bear the unbearable, we're always running scared.

If you rest in the silence inside, all those you meet will have their spiritual hearts resuscitated.

The root of compassion is not empathy; that is kindness. Kindness is great, but it is not the ultimate compassion. Ultimate compassion relieves the suffering that comes from separateness. The suffering that comes from separateness is relieved only when you are fully present with another person, not when you are separately present.