Meditation is simply getting to know your mind.

When we wake up from our confused state of mind, that is enlightenment.

In the end, we have nothing to lose by opening our hearts.

Sometimes we are too polite with our suffering and allow it to dominate our life.

You fall in love with your heart; you fall out of love with your head.

There is no emptiness without appearance, and there is no appearance without emptiness. That is what we call the interdependent nature.

The truth about who we really are, beyond all appearances, is knowledge worth seeking.

It is not about how much you give, it is about how much you can let go with your mind.

True wisdom is free of the dramas of culture or religion and should bring us only a sense of peace and happiness.

The true opponent in a debate on emptiness is your own ego.

We actually need intelligent doubt and skepticism; they protect us against mistaken views and propaganda.

Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime.

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.

I have such a lovely life and I just never imagined that I would miscarry a baby.

A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines

Don't waste time. If you love someone tell them because sooner or later someone else is going to.

In battle, if you you make your opponent flinch, you have already won.

His safety was more important than anything to me. Even if he would never know enough to understand that.

Congress has no power to make any religious establishments.

If you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to a new idea you might not have otherwise discovered.