Love as a power can go anywhere. It isn't sentimental. It doesn't have to be pretty, yet it doesn't deny pain.

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.

The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.

We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

We spend our lives searching for something we think we don't have, something that will make us happy. But the key to our deepest happiness lies in changing our vision of where to seek it.

If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you'll be living in a world with less fear, isolation and loneliness.

What comes up is not nearly as important as how you relate to what comes up.

You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine

All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others

Mindfulness allows us to watch our thoughts, see how one thought leads to the next, decide if we're heading down an unhealthy path, and, if so, let go and change directions.

Any kind of civil rights oppression is wrong.

Don't emphasise money if you don't have much; be happy

In fact, street gangs are the primary distributor of illegal drugs in the United States.

Hope is life's essential nutrient, and love is what gives life meaning

Pitee renneth soone in gentil herte.

You don't need water to feel like you're drowning, do you?

There is a type of constructive nonviolent tension that is necessary for growth

It's like a lot of kids; when you tell them someone's died, they laugh.

I have never thought of writing as hard work, but I have worked hard to find a voice.