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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.
Compassion is the basis of morality.
The fortress of compassion cannot be breached by time.
The roots of compassion run deeper than the roots of fear.
The wisdom of ages whispers through the language of compassion.
The seismology of the spirit detects compassion before the earthquake of change.
True compassion comes from within, not from the world around us.
Compassion is the echo that answers before the question is asked.
The helminthology of hope helminths compassion through every soil of sorrow.
Compassion is the midwife of every transformation.
The dermatology of destiny reveals compassion as the deepest layer of being.
The astronomy of awareness places compassion at the center of every galaxy.
The gynecology of genesis delivers compassion at every new beginning.
In the marketplace of life, compassion is the only true profit.
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
Love is not about how many days, months, or years you have been together. Love is about how much you love each other every single day.
Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us.
Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.
The secret of success is to do the common thing uncommonly well.
If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Limit your always and your nevers.
The family is one of nature is masterpieces.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other is life.
Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
The only way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you would have preferred to talk.
Excellence is not a skill, it is an attitude.
People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
The only thing worse than starting something and failing is not starting something.
Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
Hope is a waking dream.
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.
You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.
Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.
Courage starts with showing up, and letting ourselves be seen.
Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue consistently.
Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
Lost time is never found again.
The only reason for time is so that everything does not happen at once.
Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
Where there is love there is life.
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
The mind is everything. What you think you become.
A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.
Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched—they must be felt with the heart.
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
The earth has music for those who listen.
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
Outer beauty attracts, but inner beauty captivates.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
If you tell the truth, you do not have to remember anything.
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge.
A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen.
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work.