“There was something important being overlooked, they argued, in the mainstreaming of meditation - a central plank in the Buddhist platform: compassion.”

“Make the present moment your friend rather than your enemy. Because many people live habitually as if the present moment were an obstacle that they need to overcome in order to get to the next moment.”

“...didn't need to waste so much time envisioning some vague horribleness awaiting me in my future.”

“If you don't waste your energy on variables you cannot influence, you can focus much more effectively on those you can. (Mark Epstein)”

“If everything in this world was in constant decay, why expend so much energy gnashing my teeth over work?”

“Turns out, it's pretty simple to win people over, especially in tense situations, if you're able to take their perspective and validate their feelings.”

“Without energy being invested in resisting the unwanted or dueling with fears, we have more energy and attention available for noticing not only the disturbing, but the wonderful...When we are not ...”

“Despite all the identifying, measuring, photographing, I had managed to set the experience in a kind of present past, a having looked, even as I was temporally and physically still looking...It is ...”

“A person must make peace with oneself before they will find peace with the world.”