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"It is a state of peace to be able to accept things as they are. This is to be at home in our own lives. We see that this universe is much too big to hold on to, but it is the perfect size for letting go. Our hearts and minds become that big, and we can actually let go. This is the gift of equanimity."
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"In quietness we find inner peace."

"The sea may catch fire, the planets may collide in space, the sun may quench off its heat, but what we understand is that our peace is like a river in our souls; it's surface may wave about in turbulence, but it's bottom is cool and gently calm!"

"It is our responsibility to pray for a peaceful world."
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"We have to know ourselves to know where we end and another person begins, and we have to develop the skills to navigate the space between us. Or else we will seek wholeness through false means that honor neither us nor those we love."


"Love simply, perpetually exists and that it's a matter of psychic housekeeping to make room for it."


"I think so many people tend to think of faith as blind adherence to a dogma or unquestioned surrender to an authority figure, and the result is losing self-respect and losing our own sense of what is true. And I don't think of faith in those terms at all."


"When we bring deep awareness to whatever's bothering us, the same things might be happening, but we are able to relate to them differently."


"Even as we live with the knowledge that each day might be our last, we don't want to believe it."


"The practice of sympathetic joy is rooted in inner development. It's not a matter of learning techniques to "make friends and influence people. Instead, we build the foundations of our own happiness. When our own cup is full, we more easily share it with others."


"Just as a prism refracts light differently when you change its angle, each experience of love illuminates love in new ways, drawing from an infinite palette of patterns and hues."


"When we contemplate the miracle of embodied life, we begin to partner with our bodies in a kinder way."


"Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we're adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere."


"Mindfulness won't ensure you'll win an argument with your sister. Mindfulness won't enable you to bypass your feelings of anger or hurt either. But it may help you see the conflict in a new way, one that allows you to break through old patterns."
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