Meditation can change the flavor of the season.

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.

Looking for someone to value what you have, will keep you coming up empty.

Every word she writes is a lie including 'and' and 'the'.

The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.

Learn to take responsibility for emotions, and to manage energies, always working within present resources.

Say it. But..." "But what?" he asked. She whispered it, sounding too vulnerable. "But only if its the truth, Caine. Only. If." "I love you," he said.

In Bakersfield, California, a Mexican strawberry picker with an income of $14,000 and no English was lent every penny he needed to buy a house for $724,000.

Polytechnique is a school whose multi disciplinary, very high scientific level curriculum is invaluable.

Architecture is always dream and function, expression of a utopia and instrument of a convenience.

I guess what I learned the most was to feel lucky with what I have been able to accomplish and what I have and to feel humble about the people I have been able to work with.

I feel like I am alone when I am in the presence of those I love. It is so freeing and comfortable, you become one with them.