Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead it's about becoming more fully human. . . . It is the end of ignorance.

We each need to make peace with our own memories. We have all done things that make us flinch.

Everything passes, nothing remains. Understand this, loosen your grip and fine serenity.

We all have spiritual DNA; wisdom and truth are part of our genetic structure even if we don't always access it.

before speaking, notice what motivates your words.

You have to go through the darkness to truly know the light. This may sound like a cliche, but it's true nonetheless. Often the greatest doubts occur just before a breakthrough.

Don't wait to find solid ground. Dance in emptiness.

The heart is an organ of perception.

We're human beings trying to understand and cultivate what it means to feel divine love. We have to start with small, realistic goals.

The Pearl Principle - no inner irritation, no pearl.

Our lack of compassion stems from our inability to see deeply into the nature of things.

Sometimes fiction is more easily understood than true events. Reality is often pathetic.

In art, and in literature, the end and the means, or the subject and the style, must be worthy of each other.That which is not worth contemplating in life, is not worth re-creating in art.

His deep voice rumbled. "You are all that ever mattered to me.

I have the best roommates in the world! It creates a fun sense of family... and that's really important to me. Things can get so lonely without it.

The sun's not yellow, its chicken!

One thing we have lost, that we had in the past, is a sense of progress, that things are getting better. There is a sense of volatility, but not of progress.

People will love you. People will hate you. And none of it will have anything to do with you.

Trust whatever He has for you. It will be better than anything you can plan for yourself.

If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.

I think some parents fall into a trap, teaching their kids that everything is always perfect and everyone is always a winner.