To be mindful of social phenomena is thus to identify more clearly hatred, greed, and delusion as well as the seeds of wisdom and compassion both around us and in us. (p. 52)

Without such trust and safety, social relationships tend to become strategic rather than cooperative, increasingly full of skepticism and even anxiety and fear about others' intentions. (p. 27)

Suffering can thus be seen in large part as a kind of resistance or reactivity to the pain of the present moment. (p. 74)

...it is often more difficult to remember to be mindful than to be mindful itself. (p. 47)

Your ADMIRERS make you STRONG and courageous. Your DETRACTORS make you SUCCESSFUL.

Humans were always surprising me.

Happiness is not perfected until it is shared.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

I may not have a practical mind, but it's very fixated on concrete things. I like detail.

Mindful choosing of friends and lovers, not to mention teachers, is critical to remaining conscious, remaining intuitive, remaining in charge of the fiery light that sees and knows.

If you're not sure what to wear, if you don't know how everyone else is going to be, then just be at your most beautiful.

One who has a why can endure anyhow.

Build the raft of meditation and self-discipline, to carry you across the river. There will be no ocean, and no rising tides to stop you; this is how comfortable your path shall be.

History is written by victors and, occasionally, sensationalist journalists. I mean that with the best respect.