The first step on the journey of faith is to recognize that everything is moving onward to something else, inside us and outside... We see that a self-image we've been holding doesn't need to define us forever, the next step is not the last step, what life was is not what it is now, and certainly not what it might yet be.

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

What unites us as human beings is an urge for happiness which at heart is a yearning for union.

Training our mind through meditation does not mean forcibly subjugating it or beating it into shape.

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.

Everyone loses touch with their aspiration, and we need the heart to return to what we really care about. All of this is based on developing greater lovingkindness and compassion.

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.