“Being able to uplift others is the biggest miracle in the world.”

“Enlightenment is not burdensome, for the nature of light is that it shines in naturally when the closed windows and doors that have been blocking it are opened.”

“Lead us to a place where we, can gain a better sense and see, more love, more truth more grace toward thee, and grant us more humility.”

“We work very hard to have what Buddha gave up to become enlightened. Does that mean we are benighted?”

“What you gain another will lose, for What is there is all there is. What you share another will have, for What is there is enough for all.”

“One of the first things we learn from our teachers is discernment: the ability to tell truth from fiction, to know when we have lost our center and how to find it again. Discernment is also one of the last things we learn, when we feel our paths diverge and we must separate from our mentors in order to stay true to ourselves.”

“The great are strongest when they stand alone,A God-given might of being is their force.”

“Even the juncture in history and the zeitgeist we live in is something we choose, setting the scene for the spiritual fodder we need to grow and achieve deeper elevation of our souls.”

“If love isn’t there, nothing will grow. If it is, there is always hope and it will win in the end. Love is vital and sacrosanct.”

“We are spiritual beings – indestructible, immaterial and safe.”

“It could be said that we become so much a stranger that we disappear and find ourselves reborn in the midst of humanity which is quite a paradox.”

“That’s a spiritual lifestyle, being willing to admit that you don’t know everything and that you were wrong about some things. It’s about making a list of all the people you’ve harmed, either emotionally or physically or financially, and going back and making amends. That’s a spiritual lifestyle. It’s not a fluffy ethereal concept.”

“Being liked or not, having company or not, being understood or not, being acknowledged or not are not issues of concern on the spiritual path.”

“The path is paved with consistent, conscious mental and spiritual alertness and the gradual growth of goodness in our heart and clarity in our mind. We are awake. If we keep trying to understand, we will understand. If we keep telling ourselves that we are loved by Life and if we keep looking for evidence of that love, we will find it.”

“We all have the same root, and are connected…To tap into this connectedness we must go within.”