“Usually, the main problem with life conundrums is that we don't bring to them enough imagination”

“I've learned enough this year to know that life may surprise you, but not usually in the ways you imagine.”

“if the WHY is BIG ENOUGH, the HOW usually not a problem”

“What is our human dilemma? That the nature of life is problematic. Problems are not an exception; they are the norm. The world offers recurring and seemingly endless conundrums for us to deal with. We cannot stop problems, but we can end our suffering, and we can achieve true, lasting happiness by understanding the nature of our mind and changing the way we approach our emotional struggles.”

“Teachers were powerful enough to kill the indigenous languages: they are not powerful enough to bring them back to life.”

“Why do we focus so intensely on our problems? What draws us to them? Why are they so attractive? They have the magnet power of love: somehow we desire our problems; we are in love with them much as we want to get rid of them . . . Problems sustain us -- maybe that's why they don't go away. What would a life be without them? Completely tranquilized and loveless . . . There is a secret love hiding in each problem”