Thought doesn't wrap around awareness. Awareness wraps around thought.

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.

The little things? The little moments? They aren't little.

Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.

Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are.

If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear.

Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see? What do you hear?

All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.

We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.

[Home educator] take time during the holidays to catch your breath and enjoy homeschooling in a new, refreshing way (and to learn the value of bookmarks like I did.☺)

'Pressure' is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure.

If I have three ideas and I'm working on one more than the others, that sort of tells me that I should work on that one.

It might seem that this knowledge is cold, devoid of emotion, empty. This is another illusion.

The reordering of the luminous fibers is a very sophisticated art. It's not something anyone should ever undertake without supervision.

Sometimes what someone else does is really not what you expected them to do, which to be honest, sometimes doesn't work.

All girls should feel beautiful.

Pain is the doorway to wisdom and to truth.

I never played much golf as a kid. I caddied quite a bit but never got serious into golf until about age 15.

It is somethingit can be everything-to have found a fellow bird with whom you can sit among the rafters while the drinking and boasting and reciting and fighting go on below.