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But above all preserve peace of heart. This is more valuable than any treasure.
We must learn to pray out of our weaknesses so that God can become our strength.
But we are here to depart from this world as finished as we can possibly become.
Feel the wounded heart that's underneath the addiction, self-loathing, or anger.
As we practice, we begin to know the difference between our fantasy and reality.
Right down there in the thick of things, we discover the love that will not die.
Imagine how happy, how holy, life would be if we ever really learn to see beauty.
Any form of over-indulgence creates within the body warning signs of destruction.
In order to have compassion for others, we have to have compassion for ourselves.
The most important aspect of being on a spiritual path may be to just keep moving.
Things are as bad and as good as they seem. There's no need to add anything extra.
How do we cultivate the conditions for joy to expand? We train in staying present.
Buddhism itself is all about empowering yourself, not about getting what you want.
We don't experience the world fully unless we are willing to give everything away.
This is the tendency of all living things: to avoid pain and to cling to pleasure.
Tonglen is a way for you to be with people who need you - beginning with yourself.
Death at times seems like a dark tunnel to be traveled, and the future seems bleak.
Our role in life is to bring the light of our own souls to the dim places around us.
One of the deepest habitual patterns that we have is to feel that now is not enough.
The most heartbreaking thing of all is how we cheat ourselves of the present moment.
Compassionate action involves working with ourselves as much as working with others.
Gloriousness and wretchedness need each other. One inspires us, the other softens us.
Every day is a new opportunity to work with what you have inside toward enlightenment.
Sometimes we find that we like our thoughts so much that we don't want to let them go.
I'm here to tell you that the path to peace is right there, when you want to get away.
When man invents or produces anything of any value, volumes are written on the subject.
If you follow your heart, you're going to find that it is often extremely inconvenient.
The teacher will never give up on the student no matter how mixed up he or she might be
We're not trying to be something we aren't; rather, we're reconnecting with who we are.
An authentic spirituality does not cater to culture; it calls culture to accountability.
God is not a slot machine. We don't go to God to get something; we go to give something.
I do not ask for the riches that perish or the fame that fades away like a morning mist.
When you have made good friends with yourself, your situation will be more friendly too.
The essence of our whole path is in that place of discomfort, and what do we do with it?
This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it's with us wherever we go.
Precisely because of the greatness of God, we don't have to be great at all. Just in awe.
Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but rather from getting to know them well.
Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. Why? Because it is all we ever have.
Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.
It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately filling up space.
When we scratch the wound and give into our addictions we do not allow the wound to heal.
Holiness is not for wimps and the cross is not negotiable, sweetheart, it's a requirement.
Faith is one foot on the ground, one foot in the air, and a queasy feeling in the stomach.
At Baptism, I received grace - that quality that makes me share in the very nature of God.
Married life has become to many a necessary burden, but a burden that is shed very easily.
There should be in the life of every married couple a continual building of the sacrament.
Where most men work for degrees after their names, we work for one before our names: Saint.
When anyone arouses my anger, I will immediately pray for them and regain my peace of soul.
I must listen as God speaks to my soul through good thoughts, inspirations, and intuitions.
Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.