When we deny what comes through us, it defines us. When we honestly face what comes through us, then who we are grows.

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

The flower doesn't dream of the bee. It blossoms and the bee comes.

Even when clouds grow thick, the sun still pours its light earthward.

The key to knowing joy is being easily pleased.

When we heal ourselves, we heal the world.

The real & lasting practice for each of us is to remove what obstructs us so we can be who we are.

To journey without being changed, is to be a nomad. To change without journeying is to be a chameleon. To journey and to be transformed by the journeying is to be a pilgrim.

Tragedy stays alive by feeling what's been done to us, while peace comes alive by living with the results.

…I keep looking for one more teacher, only to find that fish learn from the water and birds learn from the sky.” (p.275)

Each of us carries some wisdom waiting to be discovered at the center of our experience. Everything we meet, if faced and held, reveals a part of that wisdom.

His enthusiasm and willingness to use what he learned made him get ahead in Spanish.

Embrace bad news to learn where you need the most improvement.

You only get back what you put in

I think 9/11 affected everybody in one way or another.

What would the future of man be if it were devoid of memory?

After a stronghold has been made of the bones, it is covered with flesh and blood, and there dwell in it old age and death, pride and deceit.

On the field I defend our colours, love our flag and sing our anthem. I could not be more Italian than I am now.

Fire on anything that moves on the river.

All field agents have some cowboy in them – even the ones from New York.

Work is often the father of pleasure.