1,217 quotes found
“Our wings are small but the ripples of the heart are infinite.”
“I have worn my heart on my sleeve because it is too painful to carry it inside my chest.When I carry it on my sleeve, it has the freedom to exist, to beat in rhythm with the Universe.I feel like I'...”
“People think a relationship is give & take, but i see it as give & give, & there is no greater gift than the love & compassion within your heart.”
“If I could make a dream real, I would not kill anything unless it could never be changed at heart.”
“These infinitesimal distinctions between man and man are too paltry for an Omnipotent Being. How these madmengive themselves away! The real God taketh heed lest a sparrow fall. But the God created ...”
“When hiding ourselves behind religiosity becomes the order of the day, grace is left by the wayside; without being honest about our own sin, we will never show compassion toward others. If we are t...”
“Before I lost my father, I never understood the rituals surrounding funerals: the wake, the service itself, the reception afterward,the dinners prepared by well-meaning friends and delivered in pla...”
“The lotus is the most beautiful flower, whose petals open one by one. But it will only grow in the mud. In order to grow and gain wisdom, first you must have the mud --- the obstacles of life and i...”
“There are many goals but one path - the path of compassion.”
“When you know the knower within, you don't need to know further. When you know the meditator within, you don't need to meditate further. When you truly know the worshiper in you, you are to be wors...”
“Don't believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that - thoughts.”
“The compassionate person does not require other people to be stupid, in order to be intelligent. Their intelligence is for everyone, so as to have a world in which there is less ignorance. (118)”
“Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of man.”
“That which is impermanent attracts compassion. That which is not provides wisdom. (116)”
“It is important never to separate love and knowledge, compassion and wisdom. A wisdom without compassion is closed upon itself and does not bear fruit. A compassion without wisdom is a madness and ...”
“Whoever is full of wisdom is naturally compassionate; in fact we recognize that someone has gained spiritual wisdom by seeing their compassionate behavior. . . . Individuals and countries with powe...”
“We shouldn't have been so scornful; we should have had compassion. But compassion takes work, and we were young.”
“The heart that gives, gathers.”
“Mastery is the breeding ground of fresh, creative passion.”
“There is no real distinction between who can and cannot be a teacher. All that matters is that this person should have knowledge of the subject matter, empathy and compassion with others, and, abov...”
