Without loving-kindness for ourselves, it is difficult, if not impossible, to genuinely feel it for others.

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.

Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.

Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.

So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications.

It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.

All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

Feel the feelings and drop the story.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

All situations teach you, and often it's the tough ones that teach you best.

When we lose these woods, we lose our soul. Not simply as individuals, but as a people.

If we believe that god is the creator of evil, maybe there is evil also in heaven, if that is the case, we are not out of the woods yet

I grabbed a shovel and dug, and dug, and dug.Sorry not a very poetic thought, but very deep.

How much vanity must be concealed – not too effectively at that – in order to pretend that one is the personal object of a divine plan?

If anything terrifies me, I must try to conquer it.

The plain working truth is that it is not only good for people to be shocked occasionally, but absolutely necessary to the progress of society that they should be shocked pretty often.

The position is that stability and peace in Asia depend on a cooperative relationship between China and the United States.

Resolved, to ask myself at the end of every day, week, month and year, wherein I could possibly in any respect have done better.

Kissing a man with a beard is a lot like going to a picnic. You don't mind going through a little bush to get there!

I don't consider my private feelings to be relevant in any way, actually.