Accepting what we're given is a practice in being present to everything beyond us that lets us become intimate with the nature of life.

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.

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.

Writing cannot express all words, words cannot encompass all ideas.

Adele, if you think that, no matter how mad you drive me, that I want to give you up, you are insane, possibly more insane than is healthy.

Beyond that door lies an unknown world...where we can become immortal if we choose

To discipline your body, you need a disciplined mind!

I refuse to admit that I am more than fifty-two even if that does make my sons illegitimate.

Dating is a place to practice how to relate to other people.

I do not consider my self as having mastered the flute, but I get a real kick out of trying.

Paths clear before those who know where they're going and are determined to get there.

Today I escaped all circumstance, or rather I cast out all circumstance, for it was not outside me, but within my judgements.