Relaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.

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.

That's not a run in your stocking, it's a hand on your leg.

If we come to Jesus Christ, He completely change us.

We are not free to pick and choose the parts of the Bible we want to believe or obey. God has given us all of it, and we should be obedient to all of it.

Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion.

When a baby comes you can smell two things: the smell of flesh, which smells like chicken soup, and the smell of lilies, the flower of another garden, the spiritual garden.

Yet have I ever heard it said that spies and tale-bearers have done more mischief in this world than poisoned bowl or the assassin's dagger.

I love to dance in the disco, but that's about it.

It seemed clear to me early on that one of the things a photograph could do was make a reality, and I wanted to do that. I always think of looking inside an Easter egg and seeing a perfect world.

There are many people who think I'm actually a gangster or a mafioso, largely because of 'Goodfella'.

If you're going down the street and you're going the wrong way, remember - God permits U-turns.