Stories about ourselves and about the world continually arise in our minds and shape our beliefs about reality.

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.

Not much to look at, but as with all true beauty it is what's inside that counts.

Cultural heritage define the uniqueness of individuals. Appreciate cultural diversity.

Juliet, the dice were loaded from the start. / When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?

Constancy in a man is rare.

I think [parents] became very proud, even though they were mortified by the early films because no one liked them.

And then you've got Lieberman, who is for the war. And thinks the tax cuts could really help. He's basically for people who want to vote for Bush but don't think Bush is Jewish enough.

The best condition in life is to be not so rich as to be envied nor so poor as to be damned.

Feelings form part of a world in which time, space and frontiers do not exist.

I would rather have thirty minutes of wonderful, than a lifetime of nothing special.

Women have choices, and men have responsibilities.