I knew I could hold myself with that absolute love and compassion.

Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.

Mindfulness is a pause - the space between stimulus and response: that's where choice lies.

Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.

We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-momen t lives.

On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness.

There are some things we can't choose, but in being present we can choose how we want to relate to them

Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.

There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.

Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.

The most powerful healing arises from the simple intention to love the life within you, unconditionally, with as much tenderness and presence as possible.

To me, the haircut represented beauty and strength, that I was a woman who would live her life without the boundaries imposed upon her by other people.

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire.

When I'm in a bad mood, I don't listen.

Only the suffering God can help.

Lawdy Mama, those Friday nights when Suzy wore her dresses down tight.

People think I was born in top hat and tails.

Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.

Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone. G.B. Stern "If you count all your assets, you always show a profit."

There's only one thing wrong with my wife's face - it shows.

Everyone can be discontented if he ignores his blessings and looks only at his burdens.