In spiritual maturity, the opposite of injustice is not justice but compassion.

We have to face the pain we have been running from. In fact, we need to learn to rest in it and let its searing power transform us.

Enlightenment is not something you achieve. It is the absence of something. All your life you have been going forward after something, pursuing some goal. Enlightenment is dropping all that.

Meditation practice is simply moving from a life of hurting myself and others to a life of not hurting myself and others.

But opinions, judgments, memories, dreaming about the future—ninety percent of the thoughts spinning around in our heads have no essential reality.

With unfailing kindness, your life always presents what you need to learn. Whether you stay home or work in an office or whatever, the next teacher is going to pop right up.

All I can be is who I am right now; I can experience that and work with it. That's all I can do. The rest is the dream of the ego.

It's of no use to look back and say, "I should have been different." At any given moment, we are the way we are, and we see what we're able to see. For that reason, guilt is always inappropriate.

Joy is being willing for things to be as they are.

There is one thing in life that you can always rely on: life being as it is.

Practice has to be a process of endless disappointment. We have to see that everything we demand (and even get) eventually disappoints us. This discovery is our teacher.

Be watchful of the dangers of pleasure.

There is always a better option, than the option giving up.

Love is not some tool for manipulation. Love is a gift - love is from God. Love means everything.

I like reading. I just hate school.

Prayer is the autograph of the Holy Ghost upon the renewed heart.

Let us not speak of tolerance. This negative word implies grudging concessions by smug consciences. Rather, let us speak of mutual understanding and mutual respect.

There's nowhere to hide in the theatre. You can't be the one in rehearsal who doesn't know their lines.

Is capitalism really about the ability of a handful of rich people to manipulate the lives of thousands of people and then walk off with the money?

I think that you will see some significant changes in the [Donald] Trump administration.

Don't dismiss the heart, even if it's filled with sorrow. God's treasures are buried in broken hearts.