Discipline and meditation make the mind flexible, quiet, and ripe for insight.

True spiritual growth is measured by our motivation to help those around us.

Mindfulness can help us quiet mental noise and find inner peace.

“We solidify everything as static, solid. It’s a denial of how things really are.”

Adversity can help us grow—and appreciate how much we have already grown.

Lessening our attachment to things brings simplicity, lightness, and contentment.

To transcend the self is to recognize that it was never there to begin with.

Our best guides are often those who reveal our flaws—and our ability to overcome them.

These two faculties are the great spiritual companions that help us stay on the path.

Simple tasks become profound experiences when we perform them with close attention.

“Normally we are judging, comparing, remembering, anticipating. The mind gets tired.”

Adversity doesn’t hinder growth, but is the very means by which we build strength.

Spiritual gains can be hard won. To make progress, we must first believe we can.

Authenticity means accepting our limitations, even as we strive to overcome them.

“This is a path of relief and release. We should be more relaxed, more humorous.”

When mindfulness infuses all we do, our lives take on a new sense of meaning and joy.