“You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine”

“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”

“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.”

“With the practice of meditation we can develop this ability to more fully love ourselves and to more consistently love others.”

“We are all too often told by someone that we are too old, too young, too different, too much the same, and those comments can be devastating.”

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”

“over time, offering loving kindness to all beings everywhere, including ourselves, unites us to one another so that we know that we can not go forward forgetting those left behind." Page 62”