Whatever we have done with our lives makes us what we are when we die. And everything, absolutely everything, counts.

Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the truth. Real devotion is rooted in an awed and reverent gratitude, but one that is lucid, grounded, and intelligent.

The future is very much in our hands--in our actions.

More important than finding the teacher is finding and following the truth of the teaching.

The definition of mantra is "that which protects the mind." That which protects the mind from negativity, or that which protects you from your own mind, is called mantra.

Tertön Sogyal, the Tibetan Mystic, said that he was not really impressed by someone who could turn the floor into the ceiling or fire into water. A real miracle, he said, was if someone could liberate just one negative emotion.

Whatever we have done with our lives makes us what we are when we die. And everything, absolutely everything, counts.