But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.

On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness.

The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.

Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.

Pain is not wrong. Reacting to pain as wrong initiates the trance of unworthiness. The moment we believe something is wrong, our world shrinks and we lose ourselves in the effort to combat the pain.

As I noticed feelings and thoughts appear and disappear, it became increasingly clear that they were just coming and going on their own. . . . There was no sense of a self owning them.

What would it be like if I could accept life--accept this moment--exactly as it is?

I found myself praying: "May I love and accept myself just as I am.

In anguish and desperation, I reached out as I had many times before to the presence I call the Beloved. This unconditionally loving and wakeful awareness had always been a refuge for me.

I was manipulating my inner experience rather than being with what was actually happening.

The belief that we are deficient and unworthy makes it difficult to trust that we are truly loved

I find peace where the sun kissed leaves dance in the melody of the cool breeze that floats through the air.

If the majority cannot be punished then they can only be transformed

We've reached the point where the demand for rules is about to replace the demand for chaos.

If I ever loved a woman, the more I loved her, the more I wanted to hurt her. Frida was only the most obvious victim of this disgusting trait.

I'm not going to get too sentimental, like those other sticker valentines, 'cause I don't know if you are loving some body. I only know it isn't mine.

Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united with faith in his justice

I felt for a long time that this is what I want to do so I'm happy at this point to just take my time and work on projects that I feel strongly about, and the rest of the time just live my life

There is a generation begging for you to be real... and to be real now.

You can't just eat good food. You've got to talk about it too.

No, no, I am but shadow of myself: You are deceived, my substance is not here.