Nothing Extra Quotes

“When we attach to a problem, we make the problem worse. When we attach to a solution, we make the problem worse.”
― Barry Graham, Nothing Extra: Notes On the Zen Life

“Before you can be of service to other beings, the heart has to awaken, which comes through diligent contemplative practice. And, when the heart awakens, all gaps close.”
― Barry Graham, Nothing Extra: Notes On the Zen Life

“I told her I don’t think grief is a price we pay for love, but rather that it is a part of love. When death comes, I think the grief is to be experienced the way the joy was experienced before—and if we experience it intimately, grief and joy are not separate, and both are love.”
― Barry Graham, Nothing Extra: Notes On the Zen Life