Meditation is essentially training our attention so that we can be more aware— not only of our own inner workings but also of what’s happening around….

Whatever life presents us, our response can be an expression of our compassion..

Meditation is not a matter of trying to stop thinking or make your mind go blank but rather to realize when your attention is wandering and to simply….

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter..

We spend our lives searching for something we think we don't have, something that will make us happy. But the key to our deepest happiness lies in ch….

We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it..

The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention..

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it..

The critical element in meditation practice is beginning again. Everyone loses focus at times, everyone loses interest at times, and everyone gets di….

To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love..

It is never too late to turn on the light. Your ability to break an unhealthy habit or turn off an old tape doesn't depend on how long it has been ru….

Meditation clarifies our minds and opens our hearts, and brings us to unusual depth and stability of happiness, whatever life brings..

Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you're doing..

Often we can achieve an even better result when we stumble yet are willing to start over, when we don't give up after a mistake, when something doesn….

By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home..

Mindfulness allows us to watch our thoughts, see how one thought leads to the next, decide if we're heading down an unhealthy path, and, if so, let g….

If you go deeper and deeper into your own heart, you'll be living in a world with less fear, isolation and loneliness..

The cultivation of generosity is the beginning of spiritual awakening. Generosity has tremendous force because it arises from an inner quality of let….

In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go..

We can't control what thoughts and emotions arise within us, nor can we control the universal truth that everything changes. But we can learn to step….

We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it..