The question we need to ask ourselves is whether there is any place we can stand in ourselves where we can look at all that's happening around us without freaking out, where we can be quiet enough to hear our predicament, and where we can begin to find ways of acting that are at least not contributing to further destabilization.

You have all the time in the world, but don't waste a moment.

The most important aspect of love is not in giving or the receiving: it's in the being. When I need love from others, or need to give love to others, I'm caught in an unstable situation. Being in love, rather than giving or taking love, is the only thing that provides stability. Being in love means seeing the Beloved all around me.

Now is now. Are you going to be here or not?

Our whole spiritual transformation brings us to the point where we realize that in our own being, we are enough.

There are no accidents whatsoever in the universe.

I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are