Like many others, I sometimes find that cooking can be naturally grounding.

We each need to make peace with our own memories. We have all done things that make us flinch.

Everything passes, nothing remains. Understand this, loosen your grip and fine serenity.

We all have spiritual DNA; wisdom and truth are part of our genetic structure even if we don't always access it.

before speaking, notice what motivates your words.

You have to go through the darkness to truly know the light. This may sound like a cliche, but it's true nonetheless. Often the greatest doubts occur just before a breakthrough.

Don't wait to find solid ground. Dance in emptiness.

Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead it's about becoming more fully human. . . . It is the end of ignorance.

The heart is an organ of perception.

We're human beings trying to understand and cultivate what it means to feel divine love. We have to start with small, realistic goals.

The Pearl Principle - no inner irritation, no pearl.

...I remember the oily smoke of a cigarette suspended in a shaft of sunlight - with you, everything was beautiful...

No question is ever settled until it is settled right.

It is forbidden to kill therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it becomes terrifying and your heart stands still.

I kind of like that thing of you being caught up. You think you can judge someone, and before you know it, you've been swayed by them, and actually you want more of them.

Hope is the sun. It is light. It is passion. It is the fundamental force for life's blossoming.

Cost is always an object - the second law of thermodynamics sees to that

It’s not when you start that makes your success in the world, but when you quit.

Oh what a friend chance can be — when it chooses.