I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth; I am a citizen of the world.

Happiness will bloom With fragrance and beautyIf you plant the seeds of loveWith a deep driving desire in the garden of hopeAnd nurture with tenderness,Compassion, and care;If you are always eager to share.

The fearful seek to serve themselves by mastering the world, while the fearless seek to serve the world by mastering themselves.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

Sympathy is the child of imagination

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 —...

In this world where too many are willing to see only the light that is visible, never the Light Invisible, we have a daily darkness that is night, and we encounter another darkness from time...

It is not loving to impose our own grid onto others. We need to understand their situation and their needs accurately, and this comes from listening to them, not coming in with our own assumptions.

When you plant a seed of love, it is you that blossoms.

Use the talents you’ve developed to create goodwill, to ease the burdens of those who are not as fortunate and to seek truth humbly, without insisting that you hold the only keys to it.

O Holy Spirit, give me a simple heart which will not retire within itself to savor its own sorrows, a heart magnanimous in giving itself, easily moved to compassion, a faithful, generous heart, which does...

Trouble makes us one with every human being in the world – and unless we touch others, we’re out of touch with life.

Compassion dervies from the Latin patiri and the Greek pathein, meaning “to suffer, undergo or experience.” So “compassion” means “to endure [something] with another person,” to put ourselves in somebody else’s shoes, to feel her...

I didn’t give up, I walked awayI had enough of accepting actions that were less than I deserved.So…I made a concious choiceTo honour myself,Before complementing another & If that’s what; has made you undeniably mad,...

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

Mastery is the breeding ground of fresh, creative passion.

We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.

Lying is wrong. When you tell a lie for the sake of sparing someone’s feelings it is not suddenly right, but it is compassionate. And is not compassion a form of love? Love—the greatest of...

Tomorrow’s leaders will not lead dictating from the front, nor pushing from the back. They will lead from the centre – from the heart

Small minds select narrow roads; expand your mental vision and take to the broad road of helpfulness, compassion and service.

If you are going to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

That’s how powerful you are, girl…You pretty, but pretty alone is not what people see. You the kinda pretty, the kinda beauty, that’s like a mirror. Men and women see themselves in you, only now...

First do no harm!

Spread your happiness to others and let them spread theirs to you.

We’re better off not worrying about ourselves, and to do that, we have to worry about others.

Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers. The question of what to do with the feelings that have been aroused, the knowledge that has been communicated. If...

Don’t look for the ninety percent of the darkness in a person’s soul. Look for the ten percent of light they have left, then lend them yours because light was meant to be shared.

It is not what you leave to your children that matters, but what you leave in them.

Prayers and love are learned in the hour when prayer has become impossible and your heart has turned to stone.