“Do what you can on this plane to relieve suffering by constantly working on yourself to be an instrument for the cessation of suffering. To me, that's what the emerging game is all about.”

“Compassion refers to the arising in the heart of the desire to relieve the suffering of all beings.”

“Suffering is the sandpaper of our incarnation. It does its work of shaping us.”

“What the word God means is the mystery really. It's the mystery that we face as humans the mystery of existence, of suffering and of death.”

“I would say that the thrust of my life has been initially about getting free, and then realizing that my freedom is not independent of everybody else. Then I am arriving at that circle where one works on oneself as a gift to other people so that one doesn't create more suffering. I help people as a work on myself and I work on myself to help people.”

“The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.”

“Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying.”