Meditation teaches us to focus and to pay clear attention to our experiences and responses as they arise, and to observe them without judging them.

There is no 'thing' to let go of, but a concept, an idea of an ego that burdens us. As soon as we posit a 'thing' to let go of, we're in trouble. We need to change our view of reality, not attack a nonexistent entity.

We do good because it frees the heart. It opens us to a wellspring of happiness.

The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.

To be truly happy in this world is a revolutionary act...It is a radical change of view that liberates us so that we know who we are most deeply and can acknowledge our enormous ability to love.

Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country and this world.

Meditation is not the construction of something foreign, it is not an effort to attain and then hold on to a particular experience. We may have a secret desire that through meditation we will accumulate a stockpile of magical experiences, or at least a mystical trophy or two, and then we will be able to proudly display them for others to see.