Listening reminds me how precious it is to be here at all. And so, listening is the first step to peace, both inner peace and the compassion that connects people.

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

The flower doesn't dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes.

Even when clouds grow thick, the sun still pours its light earthward.

The key to knowing joy is being easily pleased.

When we heal ourselves, we heal the world.

The real & lasting practice for each of us is to remove what obstructs us so we can be who we are.

To journey without being changed, is to be a nomad. To change without journeying is to be a chameleon. To journey and to be transformed by the journeying is to be a pilgrim.

Tragedy stays alive by feeling what's been done to us, while peace comes alive by living with the results.

…I keep looking for one more teacher, only to find that fish learn from the water and birds learn from the sky.” (p.275)

Each of us carries some wisdom waiting to be discovered at the center of our experience. Everything we meet, if faced and held, reveals a part of that wisdom.

Life is better with a partner.

How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!

Being good is commendable, but only when it is combined with doing good is it useful

We are all born in a little port but not all of us sail the vast oceans! Majority remains in the port!

jThe notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion of a universality of female experience is a clever confidence trick.

I think I'm very in touch with nature because I grew up in that surrounding. That's a big part of who I am; I don't know anything different.

It did not last: the devil howling "Ho! Let Einstein be!" restored the status quo.

The society that destroys its children is eating its own tail, committing suicide in the most perverse way.

He's hit it fat.... It will probably be short.... It just hit the front edge of the green.... It's got no chance.... It's rolling toward the cup.... Well I'll be damned!

Their strength is their strength.