"Fearful of wasting a second, we hoard time as if it were money."

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

"Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root."

"The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patternsof fear & jealousy."

"You don't have to love yourself unconditionally before you can give or receive real love."

"Pain & suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentangle."

"When emotions are long held and extremely complex, it sometimes takes years for them to enter fully into awareness."

"Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we’re adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere."

"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 us in the here & now."

"Instead of catching ourselves after we first felt angry, we develop a visceral sensitivity to what's happening within us in the moment & through mindfulness, we can shape our reaction right away."