“One does not walk into the forest and accuse the trees of being off-center, nor do they visit the shore and call the waves imperfect. So why do we look at ourselves this way?”  Tao Te Ching

“For most people to be happy, there has to be a person, place, or thing involved in their happiness. In true happiness, there are no things involved. It’s a natural state.  You will abide in that state forever.”  Robert Adams

“Each step may seem to take forever, but no matter how uninspired you feel, continue to follow your practice schedule precisely and consistently. This is how we can use our greatest enemy, habit, against itself.”  Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche

The more wants, desires, and fears that are leveled at the world, the stickier it is. That’s why present moment awareness is essential for slowing down thought enough to question its relativity to the immediate moment.  Otherwise, the mind is perpetually projecting into things that are NOT happening in the moment.  Without the ability to question thought, you might as well pull up to an all-night buffet and feed the ego.”  Rita Friedman

“If we can’t drop our ideas of what spirituality should look like yet, how can we expect to drop our veils enough to perceive and reciprocate the Heaven that’s already hiding in the plain sights of the remnants of our previously conflicted world?”  Bentinho Massaro

“Rather than accusing others being the source of our misfortune, we need to investigate our situation well and see that we are being slain by the weapons we created through the force of our own self-grasping ignorance and the afflictions it nourishes.” Venerable Thubten Chödrön

“The awakening consciousness in you recognizes truth when it is encountered.” Eckhart Tolle

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more so that we may fear less.”  Marie Curie

“Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all.” Pema Chödrön

“Generosity requires that we relinquish something, and this is impossible if we are not glad for what we have. Otherwise the giving hand closes into a fist and won’t let go.”  Sallie Tisdale