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

We can't control what thoughts and emotions arise within us, nor can we control the universal truth that everything changes. But we can learn to step back and rest in the awareness of what's happening. That awareness can be our refuge.

There are many different ways to practice meditation; it's good to experiment until you find one that seems to suit you.

To remember non-attachment is to remember what freedom is all about. If we get attached, even to a beautiful state of being, we are caught, and ultimately we will suffer. We work to observe anything that comes our way, experience it while it is here, and be able to let go of it.

We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.

Compassion allows us to bear witness to suffering, whether it is in ourselves or others, without fear; it allows us to name injustice without hesitation, to act strongly, with all the skill at our disposal.

Some things hurt, you know, and there's pain. But we magnify the suffering of it often, I think, by our reactions.