1. “The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.”
2. “Pain is not punishment, pleasure is not a reward.”
3. “If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.”
4. “The more we witness our emotional reactions and understand how they work, the easier to refrain.”
5. “To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.”
6. “Trying to run away is never the answer to being a fully human. Running away from the immediacy of our experience is like preferring death to life.”
7. “The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves.”
8. “We are all capable of becoming fundamentalists because we get addicted to other people’s wrongness.”
9. “Like all explorers, we are drawn to discover what’s out there without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it.”
10. “We don’t set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions affect other people’s heart.”
11. “Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.”
12. “Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.”
13. “In a nutshell, when life is pleasant, think of others. When life is a burden, think of others.”
14. “We can use our personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings.”
15. “The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.”
16. “.The root of suffering is resisting the certainty that no matter what the circumstances, uncertainty is all we truly have”
17. “Finally, never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.”
18. “Each moment is an opportunity to make a fresh start.”
19. Patience is not learned in safety”.”
20. “Interrupting our destructive habits and awakening our heart is the work of a lifetime.”
21. “The way to dissolve our resistance to life is to meet it face-to-face.”
22. “When there’s a big disappointment, we don’t know if that’s the end of the story. it may be just the beginning of a great adventure.”
23. “Meditation practice is not about later, when you get it all together and you’re this person you really respect.”
24. “Live your life as an experiment.”
25. “Resentment, bitterness and holding a grudge prevent us from seeing and hearing and tasting and delighting.”
26. “What we call obstacles are really the way the world and our entire experience teach us where we’re stuck.”
27. “Impermanence is a principle of harmony. When we don’t struggle against it, we are in harmony with reality.”
28. “Every situation is a passing memory.”
29. “The essence of life is that it’s challenging.”
30. “Meditation is a total nonviolent, nonaggressive occupation.”
