“We’re often incredibly callous when relating to our own inadequacies and imperfections, meaning that much of the time we’re slamming the door of our heart right in our own face. Fortunately, when we decide to hold our flawed humanity with compassion, everything changes. By responding to our own pain with a sense of kindness and…

“When we recognize that in us there is the essence of goodness, beauty, and truth, we will stop going in search of something. We will stop wandering around feeling that we lack something. And we are able to stop deceiving others. We don’t have to adorn ourselves because we have discovered the true, the beautiful,…

“The Buddha said we each have beauty within us, but this may be hard to accept if in our home, our community, and our workplace we’re getting a different message. Many of us believe our workplace is not a safe place. Often at work, we are afraid of disapproval. We are afraid to be ourselves,…

“Action is based on nonaction, and nonaction is the practice of being. There are people who ‘do’ a lot, who cause a lot of trouble. Even if they have the best of intentions, the more they try to help, the more trouble they create. There are a lot of activists around us who are not…

“Everyone is the Buddha. Everyone has the perfect body. If you weren’t able to compare your body to any other, what could possibly be lacking? Without the mind’s comparison, no one can be too fat or too thin. That’s not possible; it’s a myth. Comparison keeps you from the awareness of what is. You could…

“Forgiveness is a powerful practice that begins to ease the shift between the focusing mode of processing in our brain — the self-focused, narrowly focused, past- and future-oriented mode that could be described as the mode of ‘me’ — to the defocusing mode of processing — the more present-oriented (even timeless), more expansive (even universally…

“When people are generous, I’m grateful— not to them, but grateful, period. When a reason shows up later, it’s always valid. Gratitude has no why. The story of “because” can be wonderful, as stories go, but in the end we’re simply grateful.  .  .  . We give because that’s who we are. It’s not a choice.”…

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“To love means being there for your beloved, recognizing his presence as important. To be there, to be fully present, to appreciate the preciousness of your beloved, this is the practice of true love. To be there for him, you have to be there for yourself first.” Hanh, Thich Nhat Hanh, from The Art of…

“When we are running around after our cravings and false power, we are missing out on something that is crucial to our happiness: the experience of love. With the insight of impermanence, no-self, and inter-being, we have the opportunity to experience true love.” Thich Nhat Hanh, from The Art of Power Sit in the power…

“We should not wait until our mind s suffering in order to practice. If we do not have the habit of practicing, we will forget to practice when we need to, and we will allow our emotions to overwhelm us and carry us away. We should practice every day in order to have a good…