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

We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.

I’m learning that to be at home everywhere, I have to be sure to include the place I actually live.

In our usual mind state, we are continually activating the process that in Buddhist terminology is known as 'bhava,' which literally means 'becoming.' In this space of becoming, we are subtly leaning forward into the future, trying to have security based on feeling that we can hold on, we can try to keep things from changing.

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

Love as a power can go anywhere. It isn't sentimental. It doesn't have to be pretty, yet it doesn't deny pain.

The art of concentration is a continual letting go. We let go of what is inessential or distracting. We let go of a thought or a feeling, not because we are afraid of it or because we can’t bear to acknowledge it as a part of our experience; but, because it is UNNECESSARY.