I have never lived a life so much larger than death. (93)

If there is a single definition of healing it is to enter with mercy and awareness those pains, mental and physical, from which we have withdrawn in judgment and dismay. (48)

Simply touching a difficult memory with some slight willingness to heal begins to soften the holding and tension around it. (74)

Letting ourselves be forgiven is one of the most difficult healings we will undertake. And one of the most fruitful. (79)

That which is impermanent attracts compassion. That which is not provides wisdom. (116)

Quoting son, Noah Levine: Once you see what the heart really needs, it doesn’t matter if you’re going to live or die, the work is always the same. (25)

Death is perfectly safe. (55)

[D]etachment means letting go and nonattachment means simply letting be. (95)

How soon will we accept this opportunity to be fully alive before we die? (88)

Relate to the fear, not just from it. (50)

[C]oncepts of dying in to a heaven or hell seem a good deal more political than spiritual. (124)

The organisation of your life begins the moment you start out your vision.

Not every gift must you stretch your hands to take! Sometimes, just put your hands by your side and humbly and courageously say thank you!

If you think that I am mad now, then take away my books, and you'll find I've completely gone insane!

Practice presence -- embrace the place where life happens.

I just don't feel like I'm old. I still feel like I've got a lot of years, a lot to give in this game, and I'm able to do it because I love to work.

Happiness follows sorrow, sorrow follows happiness, but when one no longer discriminates happiness and sorrow, a good deal and a bad deed, one is able to realize freedom.

The mentality, that's something you should be able to control. Whether you are healthy or not, how fast you can run - they aren't things you can work on, but the mentality should be.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

Golf is not a fair game, so why build a course fair?

Equality of Ugliness: If we can't all live in a beautiful place we must all live in an ugly place.