“By acting compassionately, by helping to restore justice and to encourage peace, we are acknowledging that we are all part of one another.”

A moment comes when other is no longer other.

The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.

Knowledge all by itself, without deep wisdom, ends up becoming despair.

The game is not about becoming somebody, it’s about becoming nobody.

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.

I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems.

Wrap yourself in kindness you deserve it too.

There’s something inside of me that makes me want to help people, especially people who are having difficulty of some kind.

Wouldn`t it be wonderful if we could all be a little more gentle with each other, and a little more loving, have a little more empathy, and maybe we’d like each other a little bit more.

Love’s in need of love today, don’t delay send yours in right away.

If there’s someone getting picked on, be nice to them and be helpful to them.

Treat yourself like someone you loved.

We are always in awe of what the donors have done in terms of providing of themselves to the recipients. It really is a heroic act because people take on themselves not only a risk of death but also pain-and-suffering in order for their loved one to get the benefit of the liver transplant.