“If we can recognize our common values with others and our shared basic humanity, we can celebrate our differences and learn from, and with each other, to make the world…

“Accepting is not the same as approval. Accepting life as it arises allows us to use both the difficulties and the joys we experience to improve ourselves and the world…

” It is important to be compassionate with ourselves. We are all works in progress and the ability to be kind every moment, calm in every situation, or present and attentive…