Compassion is the ability to see how it all is.

As you look at many people's lives, you see that their suffering is in a way gratifying, for they are comfortable in it. They make their lives a living hell, but a familiar one.

If you think you’re enlightened go spend a week with your family.

Turn your melodrama into a mellow drama.

The way you come to fully appreciate the infusion of the Spirit is to more and more come fully into the moment, where this moment is enough.

The point isn't to deny our Egos, but to extricate ourselves from our exclusive preoccupation with them.

My life is a creative act--like a painting, or a concerto.