We need to meet, embrace and work with what we're given. For what we want and what we're given often serve two different gods. And how we respond to their meeting determines our path.

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.

Obedience alone gives the right to command.

No matter what has happened, you too have the power to enjoy yourself.

That was really cool. I got to kiss a little boy. I was 7 and he was 10, and his name is Thomas Curtis. He was the first boy I've ever kissed in my entire life and he was three years older than me.

Our performance during this World Cup has not been enough to progress further and both myself and all the players regret that and are hurt more than people realise.

What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time.

My psychiatrist says I have a messiah complex. But I forgave him.

In an utter emptiness anything can take place.

Every person is unique.

Art is the body's pronunciation of the soul.

You cannot depict love inside a frame of fact. It needs a mist to dissolve in.