Breathing is central to every aspect of meditation training. It's a wonderful place to focus in training the mind to be calm and concentrated.

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.

The little things? The little moments? They aren't little.

Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.

Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are.

If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear.

Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see? What do you hear?

All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.

We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

My boyfriend loves golf and he is good at it but I am not that great at it. It drives me nuts, but I'm super competitive and I always want to win.

We're all God's children.

It is startling to see how the oppressed almost invariably shape themselves in the image of their hated oppressors.

I never thought about getting any tattoos removed.

The fool knows after he has suffered.

A Woman never looks better than on horseback

What I envisioned to see was a group of guys drinking beer.

Time has been used destructively by people of ill will much more than it has been used constructively by those of good will.

I find it hard to believe that anyone could be so curious about me that they would want to read that I wear underwear shorts with green polka dots on them.