Embrace suffering, and you transform your relationship with what causes you to suffer, as well as your relationship with suffering itself.

The biggest embrace of love you'll ever make is to embrace yourself completely. Then you'll realize you've just embraced the whole universe, and everything and everybody in it.

The more in harmony you are with the flow of your own existence, the more magical life becomes.

What the universe will manifest when you are in alignment with it is a lot more interesting than what you try to manifest

Real meditation is not about mastering a technique; it's about letting go of control.

True freedom is to be free from the desire to be free from anything.

Why is it that so few people are truly free? Because they try to conform to ideas, concepts, and beliefs in their heads.

The light of consciousness has no mind to change or alter anything. There is no sense that anything needs to change, but it does change.

The biggest barrier to awakening is the belief that it is something rare.

The goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs, not Christians.

If we look at the world around us, we see that we are conditioned to not listen deeply. Because isn't that what silence is? It's a listening, a deep wordless listening.

One who takes the road less traveled earns the rewards most missed.

We can't control our destiny, but we can control who we become.

The economic game is not supposed to be rigged like some shady ring toss on a carnival midway.

The object of the patrol method is not so much saving the Scoutmaster trouble as to give responsibility to the boy.

Planning is valuable, tho the plan is usually useless.

I'm in great shape, back-in-my-football-days shape. I've worked hard to get to this point.

Ego gets you inches but it doesn't get you impact.

One thing has always been true: That book or that person who can give me an idea or a new slant on an old idea is my friend.

Don't try to innovate for the future. Innovate for the present!

After Sandy hit, my wife and I saw pictures of the devastation following the hurricane in the news. We immediately wanted to find a way to assist those in need.