Rather than relying on a thin, idealized hope that we will all one day just get along, we can approach conflict resolution as an art form that we are privileged to develop and hone. ~Diane Musho Hamilton (1958 to pres., Zen priest, mediator, and Buddhist teacher)
Learning to be not too tight and not too loose is an individual journey through which you discover how to find your own balance: how to relax when you find yourself being too rigid; how to become more elegant and precise when you find yourself being too casual. ~Pema Chodron (1936 to pres., Buddhist Teacher)
Upon the maple leaves The dew shines red, But on the lotus blossom It has the pale transparence of tears. ~Amy Lowell (1874-1925, poet, performer, editor, translator)
The aspiration to monkhood is intrinsic to human life— a universal quality of being that continually draws us into silence. The deep self seeks something more radical and intense from life, and longs to be united with its Source. This is the monk within. ~Beverly Lanzetta (1947 to pres., theologian, feminist, religious scholar)
Living as a mystic means orienting the whole of yourself toward the sacred. It’s a matter of purposely looking through the lens of love. ~Mirabai Starr (author, philosopher, counselor, teacher of contemplative practice and inter-spiritual dialog)