If we're not open to losing, we're not open to loving.

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.

You're the most unknown famous man I ever met

You can change the world at this moment for better by changing your thoughts and by spreading your love for the world and humanity as a whole.

Writing is easy. Writing is hard. It's a breeze and a struggle, just like life.

You hear as many things as you would imagine. I hear voices of people I loved once. I hear moments that took place. I hear silences.

Success is how well you do what you do when nobody else is looking.

Shift often from openness to closure.

One picture is worth 1,000 denials.

Art is a personal act of courage.

What is the use of praying if at the very moment of prayer, we have so little confidence in God that we are busy planning our own kind of answer to our prayer?

Human beings are glorious and preposterous characters.