We must do away with any shred of denial, minimization, justification, or rationalization. To recover, we must completely and totally understand and … - Noah Levine

If our definition of happiness is "experiencing that which is pleasurable," we are going to be disappointed a lot of the time.

Renunciation is not about pushing something away, it is about letting go. It's facing the fact that certain things cause us pain, and they cause other people pain. Renunciation is a commitment to let go of things that create suffering. It is the intention to stop hurting ourselves and others.

The Dalai Lama is rumored to have said that being able to have sex without any attachment would take the level of attainment of being able to eat either chocolate cake or dog shit without any preference between the two.