"Before beginning to study the sacred texts and constantly singing the sutras, the student should learn to read the love letters sent by the snow, the wind, and the rain."
“I've learned you can go as far as you want in life, as long as you're willing to sacrifice a bit of comfort. Ask yourself and you will see, you can manifest destiny. Use your mind to create the opportunities you want to experience.”
"In my darkest hours, what has saved me again and again is some action of unselfing — some instinctive wakefulness to an aspect of the world other than myself: a helping hand extended to someone else’s struggle, the dazzling galaxy just discovered millions of lightyears away, the cardinal trembling in the tree outside my window."