To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love.

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

Faith is not a commodity that you either have or don't have enough of, or the right kind of. It's an ongoing process. The opposite of faith is despair.

If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you'll be living in a world with less fear, isolation and loneliness.

I stepped onto the spiritual path moved by an inner sense that I might find greatness of heart, that I might find profound belonging, that I might find a hidden source of love and compassion. Like a homing instinct for freedom, my intuitive sense that this was possible was the faint, flickering, yet undeniable expression of faith.

We like things to manifest right away, and they may not. Many times, we're just planting a seed and we don't know exactly how it is going to come to fruition. It's hard for us to realize that what we see in front of us might not be the end of the story.

By prizing heartfulness above faultlessness, we may reap more from our effort because we're more likely to be changed by it.