It is through realizing loving presence as our very essence, through being that presence, that we discover true freedom.

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.

It didn't matter what anyone else saw in me. For the first time, I felt like I was seeing myself.

Children throw tantrums because they've imagined their 'father in heaven' does so. And because, their inherited religious book has, in written, shown them so.

I do like directing other people's material.

Prepared and fast foods have given us the time and freedom to see cooking as an art form - a form of creative expression.

I really don't like being referred to as a folk artist.

Anything that I write comes from the soul.

The men in my family are strong because the women in my family kill and eat the weak ones.

You live a thousand lives when you read a thousand books.

What do you want?' is too imprecise to produce a meaningful and actionable answer.

Beauty, wit, High birth, vigour of bone, desert in service, Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all To envious and calumniating time.