With the practice of meditation we can develop this ability to more fully love ourselves and to more consistently love others.

In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.

In order to do anything about the suffering of the world we must have the strength to face it without turning away.

Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.

Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty.

Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition.

Our path, our sense of spirituality demands great earnestness, dedication, sincerity & continuity.

Every single moment is expressive of the truth of our lives when we know how to look.

Meditation is a cyclical process that defies analysis, but demands acceptance.

The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.

Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.

People are afraid of knowledge that is not yet theirs.

Only Jesus can complete.

People say, 'Just say who you're dating. Then people will stop being so ravenous about it.' It's like, No they won't! They'll ask for specifics.

I never look at failing as an option anyhow. I believe thinking you could fail is already shooting yourself in the foot and setting yourself up for failure.

If all Church power vests in the clergy, then the people are practically bound to passive obedience in all matters of faith and practice; for all right of private judgment is then denied.

But it is the mark of all movements, however well-intentioned, that their pioneers tend, by much lashing of themselves into excitement, to lose sight of the obvious.

Any relationship that you have is about negotiation - anything - whether there is a written contract or not.

I have touched more men that I can count. Some with my lips, more with my axe.

All the evil in the world is the fault of the self-styled pure in heart, a result of their eagerness to unearth secrets and expose them to the light of the sun.

We Logans don't have much to do with white folks. You know why? 'Cause white folks mean trouble.