Awareness Is Not The Same As ThoughtMore Like A Vessel Which Can Hold And Contain Our Thinking

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.

The little things? The little moments? They aren't little.

Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.

Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are.

If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear.

Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see? What do you hear?

All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.

We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.

It’s never too late to step off a path and look for a different route.

There's no safety in love. You risk the whole of life. But the great thing is to risk -to believe, and to risk everything for your belief.

Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections.

It's no surprise to say I oppose the ban [of Donald Trump].If we only allow free speech for those we already agree with, is that free speech at all?

Getting older is not something that you're not much concerned with.

I'm happy to talk to anybody about anything.

If we could be sure of everyone and everything, trust would have no value

To be alone and to be drunk with your own aloneness is what meditation is all about. Be in the world, but don't be of it.

Again the Cousin's whistle! Go, my Love.

I must lay down the law as I understand it, and as I read it in books of authority.