If you let someone know you appreciate him or her, especially when you're going to disagree, it gets that person's defenses down.

True refuge is that which allows us to be at home, at peace, to discover true happiness. The only thing that can give us true refuge is the awareness and love that is intrinsic to who we are. Ultimately, its our own true nature.

Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.

When caught in conflict and blame - make a U-turn and shift your attention from blaming thoughts to what's going on emotionally in your body.

In the collective psyche it is being understood... that we can cultivate wisdom and compassion.

In the process of deeply accepting our own inner experience, instead of being identified with a story of a limited self, we realize the compassion and wakefulness that is our essence.

Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.