When we open to love, we become love.

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.

Common human experience alone is no guarantee with which we can build a science of psychology.

It may be possible to forget our past but our past is not going to forget us.

One of the most conspicuous modes of escape is alcoholism, which is now a national catastrophe.

Both his voice and eyes had the burning cold of alcohol. His strength no longer lay in his military experience or his knowledge of the map, but in his harsh, impetuous soul.

Before, baseball was something to do to get ready for the hockey season. Now, people look to play baseball, period. It's something you stick with.

That was a great time, the summer of '71 - I can't remember it, but I'll never forget it!

I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. Mary

One sweetly solemn thought, comes to me o'er and o'er; I am nearer home today, than I ever have been before.

You wanna get rid of drug crime in this country? Fine, let's just get rid of all the drug laws.

Every time I've failed, people had me out for the count, but I always come back.