We are waiting for the next moment to contain what this moment does not.

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.

Fear, if not accompanied by pain, turns into a habit

When you work on what you love, you have the best job in the world.

For computer communications, computers talk in little bursts. They're not continuous like speech.

I do the same gig. I might change it a little; I might slow it down if I'm in the South. I talk fast, and they're not used to people talking that fast.

I keep everything very simple. I like telling stories.

I committed to doing everything I could to put compassion on the scientific map.

I am comfortable with anything I sing: jazz, gospel, classical. It doesn't matter. I can do it all.

I'm a control freak and I like to be overprepared, and I'm overly organized and I'm not in the moment a lot of the time.

For Zen students a weed is a treasure. With this attitude, whatever you do, life becomes an art.

The difference between a vision and a daydream is the audacity to act.