In order to do anything about the suffering of the world we must have the strength to face it without turning away.

Meditation isn’t about what’s happening; it’s about how you relate to what’s happening.

It is because of that balanced relationship to the moment that mindfulness serves as the platform for insight... if we feel an emotion, for example, and struggle against it right away, there is not going to be a lot of learning going on. In the same way, if we are swamped by that emotion, overcome by it, there won't be enough space for there to be learning or insight.

Even on the spiritual path, we have things we'll tend to cover up or be in denial about.

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

Everyone's mind wanders, without doubt, and we always have to start over. Everyone resists or dislikes the thought of or is too tired to meditate at times, and we have to be able to begin again.

Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.