Meeting people in a genuine way and feeling like there is a vital and meaningful connection going on makes me come alive.

An ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may be planting a seed we can't see right now. Sometimes we need to just do the best we can and then trust in an unfolding we can't design or ordain.

To be truly happy in this world is a revolutionary act...It is a radical change of view that liberates us so that we know who we are most deeply and can acknowledge our enormous ability to love.

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

Meditation is a cyclical process that defies analysis, but demands acceptance.

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.

Whatever life presents us, our response can be an expression of our compassion.