Education is no longer thought of as a preparation for adult life, but as a continuing process of growth and development from birth until death.

- Stephen Mitchell

When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock.

- Stephen Mitchell

True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way.

- Stephen Mitchell

Happily ever after doesn't begin with Once upon a time: it begins with Now.

- Stephen Mitchell

If you listen to the traffic with a clear mind, without any concepts, it is not noisy, it is only what it is.

- Stephen Mitchell

The physical body is acknowledged as dust, the personal drama as delusion. It is as if the world we perceive through our senses, the whole gorgeous a…

- Stephen Mitchell

When there's no way out, you just follow the way in front of you.

- Stephen Mitchell

So actions themselves are not good and not bad; only the intention is important.

- Stephen Mitchell

Creativity, not normality, has become the paradigm of mental health.

- Stephen Mitchell