“But you cannot have harmony without a commitment to ethical behavior. It’s the fence that keeps out the goats that will eat all the young shoots in your garden.”

When experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.

See if you can give yourself gifts that may be true blessings, such as self-acceptance , or some time each day with no purpose. Practice feeling deserving enough to accept these gifts without obligation – to simply receive from yourself, and from the universe.

If you look at people out on the street, if you look at people at restaurants, nobody’s having conversations anymore. They’re sitting at dinner looking at their phone, because their brain is so addicted to it.

Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.

In any given moment we are either practicing mindfulness, or defacto, we are practicing mindlessness.

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.

This is something called “walking meditation.” The goal is to learn to be aware of each and every movement and feeling. I know it seems ridiculous, but it does change the way you experience walking.

All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.

Stillness, insight, and wisdom arise only when we can settle into being complete in this moment, without having to seek or hold on to or reject anything.

Too much of the education system orients students toward becoming better thinkers, but there is almost no focus on our capacity to pay attention and cultivate awareness.

The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.

Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.

So, in meditation practice, the best way to get somewhere is to let go of trying to get anywhere at all.

In letting go of wanting something special to occur, maybe we can realize that something special is already occurring.

The real meditation is how you live your life.

Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.

Basketball isn’t easy. All my life I’ve been striving to make myself better. It’s a full time commitment.

A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.

Writing a check separates a commitment from a conversation.

We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.

Most important of all, to be successful in life demands that a man make a personal commitment to excellence and to victory, even though the ultimate victory can never be completely won.

No sane society chooses to commit national suicide.

Commit to reinvent yourself, to know that real growth happens in a place of discomfort.

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one’s own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.