Since we are already Buddhas, happy and suffering Buddhas, wise and confused Buddhas, we are already Buddha.

Many of us think that compassion drains us, but I promise you it is something that truly enlivens us.

May I see my own limits with compassion, just as I view the limits of others.

Compassion may be defined as the capacity to be attentive to the experience of others, to wish the best for others, and to sense what will truly serve others.

Compassionate action emerges from the sense of openness, connectedness, and discernment you have created.

Don't ever think compassion is weak. Compassion is about strength.

In being with dying, we arrive at a natural crucible of what it means to love and be loved. And we can ask ourselves this: Knowing that death is inevitable, what is most precious today?

We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compassion is not a luxury; it is a necessity for our well-being, resilience, and survival.

Catastrophe is the essence of the spiritual path, a series of breakdowns allowing us to discover the threads that weave all of life into a whole cloth.

We believe that it takes a strong back and a soft front to face the world.

All beings, including each one of us, enemy and friend alike, exist in patterns of mutuality, interconnectedness, co-responsibility and ultimately in unity.

Human affinity to human weakness surpasses human affinity to human strength

You never wanted me to be real. You never wanted anyone to be. But you didn’t want me to show it. You wanted an act to help your act...

I cannot go with you all the way on your journey, but I would go as far as I might

I think it's real important that people understand where the music comes from. If you can see where the music comes from, you can also see the future. It gives you a trajectory.

When people ask me why are you singing a drinking song if you don't drink anymore, because when I did drink I drank enough to sing drinking songs for the rest of my life!

I know the Lord is anxious to respond to us if we will only turn to him.

Security is something when you don't have any confidence and you want somebody to pay you when you don't do the job.

What is worthwhile in life? I think it is worth living and dreaming. If you don't you may be dead anyhow - inside.

On the day a country decides not to invest a cent in innovation, discovery or exploration, that country decides to be a tributary to others.

What counts in the ring is what you can do after you're exhausted. The same is true of life.