Our suffering is caused by holding on to how things might have been, should have been, could have been.

Loss is the absence of something we were once attached to. Grief is the rope burns left behind, when that which is held is pulled beyond our grasp.

There is nothing noble about suffering except the love and forgiveness with which we meet it. Many believe that if they are suffering they are closer to God, but I have met very few who could keep their heart open to their suffering enough for that to be true. (124)

I have never lived a life so much larger than death. (93)

Quoting son, Noah Levine: Once you see what the heart really needs, it doesn’t matter if you’re going to live or die, the work is always the same. (25)

The only service you can do for anyone is to remind them of their true nature.

God is not someone or something separate but is the suchness in each moment, the underlying reality.