The purpose of meditation is personal transformation.

The process of becoming who you will be begins first with the total acceptance of who you are.

Whatever attitudes we habitually use toward ourselves, we will use on others, and whatever attitudes we habitually use toward others, we will use on ourselves.

When you have learned compassion for yourself, compassion for others is automatic.

You can learn not to want what you want, to recognize desires but not be controlled by them.

Watch the functioning of your own mind in a calm and detached manner so you can gain insight into your own behavior.

No matter how hard you pursue pleasure and success, there are times when you fail. No matter how fast you flee, there are times when pain catches up with you.

The you that goes in one side of the meditation experience is not the same you that comes out the other side.

Meditation changes your character.

We have to learn to be kind to ourselves. In the long run avoiding unpleasantness is a very unkind thing to do to yourself.

Pain is inevitable, suffering is not.

You cannot cherish God without loving people

S.T.O.P. = Start To Open Possibilities

I am trying to ignore each of my thoughts and each of my stories and books... if I read them... they never sound well, but still we shouldn't go like...to do everything perfect and all perfect...

Be a full person. Motherhood is a glorious gift, but do not define yourself solely by motherhood. Be a full person. Your child will benefit from that.

He feared that by leaving her he would ruin her life - so he stayed, and did just that.

Maybe you're willing to tolerate a lot of bigotry from Donald Trump if you say, just change things, just change things.

Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor the best opportunities; they will never come.

The world is not divine sport, it is divine destiny. There is a divine meaning of the world, of man, of human persons, of you and me.

Sitting back in the evening, stargazing and stroking your dog, is an infallible remedy.

I cannot bear that you / Should think me faithful, when I am untrue.