“Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.”

I didn’t arrive at my understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe through my rational mind.

Most of us are so caught in righteousness, we’re afraid of truth.

Let’s trade in all our judging for appreciating. Let’s lay down our righteousness and just be together.

Grace is at the nexus of love and awareness. There it’s all open and it’s all love.

As one individual changes, the system changes.

We’re fascinated by the words–but where we meet is in the silence behind them.

Whose presence reveals how subtle is the path of Love.

A feeling of aversion or attachment toward something is your clue that there’s work to be done.

Meditation raises the question: Who are we really?

Spiritual practices help us move from identifying with the ego to identifying with the soul. Old age does that for you too. It spiritualizes people naturally.

The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

My life is a creative act–like a painting, or a concerto.

If you think you’re free, there’s no escape possible.

We’re here to awaken from the illusion of separateness

If you think you are enlightened; go home for Thanksgiving.

As soon as you give it all up you can have it all

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.

Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.

We don’t let animals suffer, so why humans?

The more you love, the more you suffer.

There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering – a hell of boredom.

There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.

One’s suffering disappears when one lets oneself go, when one yields – even to sadness.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.