“All pursuits are pointless and fruitless unless and until love and compassion are found and then are the foundation and destination of all you do.”

The moment that you accept life and your life as it is, is the moment that you will start to change your life and this magical life itself.

Compassion is even more powerful than courage. Sure, with courage you can conquer a world – but only with compassion can you heal and build it.

The greatest gift you can give (yourself or anyone else) is just being present.

Those who say life is knocking them down and giving them a tough time are usually the first to beat themselves up. Be on your own side.

The mind defines, decides, doubts and divides – only the heart truly binds.

If you are not yourself people will look right through you and see the pale shadow of someone else.

You can not hope to arrive at harmony in your life while stirring up disturbances in anothers.

Wisdom is merely the movement from fighting life to embracing it.

Rest and peace should not be left until you’re deceased. They are two vital life incredients everybody needs and seeks.

Love is the only path to anything worth doing, creating or pursuing.

A touch less ego and dash more humility will improve the quality of anything you turn your hand to.

Happiness is not some ‘thing’ to be pursued it is a way of being born from appreciating

Don’t be so obsessed with stardom that you miss out on success.

Finding oneself and one’s path is like waking up on a foggy day. Be patient, and presently the fog will clear and that which has always been there can be seen. The path is already there to follow

The best way to get something good out of what you’re doing is to put something good into it.

There is no question- love is the answer.

Make of the Silence your to-do tasks, of the compassion your wealth and of the meditation your beggar’s bowl.

Keep a constant awareness and a conscious effort to say good words, perform good actions, and to practice patience and compassion.

Please be truthful, but also please be benevolent, please.

I think being compassionate of each other’s lives and issues is nonnegotiable when it comes to friendships. We’re all going through different stages and issues, and as I get older, I’m trying to lean into that.

From looking at your neighbor and realizing his true significance, and that he will die, pity and compassion will arise in you for him and finally you will love him.

I have been alone for so long that having somebody feels like a strange thought. Silence has been my most loyal compassion.

No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in the world, is unmixed with compassion. The more we love, the more the object of our love seems to us to be a victim.

Your faults are your wounds. And I don’t feel any anger at all. What I feel, is compassion.