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“Ultimately humanity is one, and this small planet is our only home. If we're to protect this home of ours, each of us needs to experience a vivid sense of universal altruism and compassion.”
“Compassion is not complete if it does not include oneself.”
“One who is patient glows with an inner radiance.”
“Technology offers us a unique opportunity, though rarely welcome, to practice patience.”
“Patience requires a slowing down, a spaciousness, a sense of ease.”
“I asked the Dalai Lama what it was like to wake up with joy, and he shared his experience each morning. 'I think if you are an intensely religious believer, as soon as you wake up, you thank God fo...”
“With mindfulness, loving kindness, and self-compassion, we can begin to let go of our expectations about how life and those we love should be.”
“Science tells us that love not only diminishes the experience of physical pain but can make usand our belovedshealthier.”
“When I missed the physical body of my partner, I meditated on its parts, tossed by the waves, torn, dispersed, and deteriorated. When memories of our lives together became acute and intense, I brea...”
“If a person shows anger to you, and you show anger in return, the result is disaster. If you nurse hatred, you will never be happy, even in the lap of luxury. By contrast, if you control your anger...”
“It seems that, without clarity and honesty, we don't progress. We just stay stuck in the same vicious cycle. But honesty without kindness makes us feel grim and mean, and pretty soon we start looki...”
“For a practitioner of love and compassion, an enemy is one of the most important teachers. Without an enemy you cannot practice tolerance, and without tolerance you cannon build a sound basis of co...”
“Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.”
“To sense which gifts to accept & which to leave behind is our path to discovering freedom.”
“Sometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.”
“The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.”
“While happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now.”
“Mindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.”
“Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.”
“Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.”
