When we are devoted to the development of kindness, it becomes our ready response, so that reacting from compassion, from caring, is not a question of giving ourselves a lecture: 'I don't really feel like it, but I'd better be helpful, or what would people think?'

Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.

We spend our lives searching for something we think we don't have, something that will make us happy. But the key to our deepest happiness lies in changing our vision of where to seek it.

Meeting people in a genuine way and feeling like there is a vital and meaningful connection going on makes me come alive.

The most common response I hear when I tell people I teach meditation is, "I'm so stressed out. I could use some of that!" A response I also sometimes hear, which amuses me a lot is, "My partner should really meet you!"

While you are meditating, if your mind wanders, gently bring it back to the present moment.

We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.