True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.

If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.

—Pema Chödrön

It's also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that's sitting right here right now… with its aches and it pleasures… is exactly what we need to be fully human, fully awake, fully alive.

—Pema Chödrön

How did I get so lucky to have my heart awakened to others and their suffering?

—Pema Chödrön

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

—Ronald Reagan

We were drifting apart. I felt helpless to stop the pattern, but still, I held onto him for dear life.

—R.K. Lilley in Rock Bottom

A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

—Lewis Mumford

I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help—and God's.

—Lyndon B. Johnson

Nothing anybody tells you about marriage helps.

—Max Siegel