Do not ill-treat or take advantage of foreigners who are living in your land. Treat them as you would a fellow- brother, and love them as you love yourselves. Remember that you were once foreigners...

Forgive to be free, let go to grow like a tree.

I believe that if one man were to live out his life fully and completely, were to give form to every feeling, expression to every thought, reality to every dream – I believe that the...

But you don’t always get what you want;,you get what you get

There are three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your...

But the contract probably set up him for life. Other guys see that.

Why are we asked to make the most important decisions of our lives when we are so young, and so prone to mistakes?

You can NEVER be like someone else! Just be yourself and you will find that you’ll be much happier that way and accomplish more as well.

Don’t seek love externally, it’s fleeting. Go beyond the ego and awaken thelove that already exists within; it will encompass everyone andeverything in your life; it will permeate your very being.

As our faith grows and we come to know more about the attributes of God and his role in our lives and our obedience, we learn to see our weakness in light of these words,...

Some People Think That Only The Wounds That Appear On External Parts Of Body Cause PainBut they Don’t Know That When Heart Gets Hurt That Won’t Appear To The Outside World Only The Person Who...

To be happy and beloved have a tender heart, blissful thoughts, and a non-judgmental mind.

We don’t know predestined ways,or what future might behold,someone leaves,someone remains,and new things replace the old.We don’t know a thing for sure,what’s today,is there tomorrow?Yet,somehow we still endure,through those moments filled with sorrow.Can we really...

Peace is not the absence of agonyBut the presence of joy of harmony

De geschiedenis van een mensenziel , zelfs van de allergeringste, is haast belangwekkender en leerrijker dan de geschiedenis van een geheel volk, vooral wanneer zij het resultaat is van een heldere geest, en wanneer zij...

When I was a nursemaid at the home of the landowners, a nun who happened to pass once gave me something square and white.Timidly I licked it and discovered that it was sweet and delicious....

Sometimes you go do the opposite things anyway because in actuality… The whole time you’ve been wanting to hear the right thing from a person that will stop you.

Don’t you see? You and he might never cross paths again. Of course, a chance meeting could occur, and I hope it happens. I really do, for your sake. But realistically speaking, you have to...

Distractions destroy our dreams.

Few men realize that their life, the very essence of their character, their capabilities and their audacities, are only the expression of their belief in the safety of their surroundings.

Life Consists Of Many Things But You Have To Do One Thing… And That Thing Is Living For God.Remember You Cant Do Many Things At Once.

Our lives consist of a series of internal battles, deep within us, where weapons don’t exist and technology is unable to create devices that better the best of yesterday. Our knowledge is our only defense;...

And I understand now, maybe not completely, but more, that in times of overwhelming joy, immobile sadness, hysterical laughter, absolute fear, and sometimes just perfect quiet there is Life. Real Life. And it really is...

War is not just the business of death, it is the antitheses of life.

Many religions have meditations on death to let it penetrate our thick skulls that life doesn’t last forever.

Sometimes, it takes more courage to be weak.

We just have to live each new day as if it’s a precious gift. When I wake up in the morning I like to think that this day will be better than any day I’ve...

The purpose of life is to be happy and then spread the fragrance of happiness to enhance the beauty of life.

When it comes to life and love, why do we believe our worst reviews?

It’s great to feel happy. Go, do what makes you feel happy. Do it shabbily and get shallow happiness; Do it hard and feel the hardest happiness!

When the heart is pure, simple, straight and sweet; his words that flow are stronger in fleet on street.

I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation.

Every city, every town, hides beneath a certain amount of glamour that- either intentionally or not- can misdirect the eye or hide something worth finding. Learning to see through those glamours is part of the...

Fifteen years ago, a business manager from the United States came to Plum Village to visit me. His conscience was troubled because he was the head of a firm that designed atomic bombs. I listened...

Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.

A journey of a thousand miles starts with just ten digits.

Greatest gift that we can give is not a piece of diamond, but our unconditional love.

So said Tochihuitzin,so said Coyolchiuhqui:We come out of the dream suddenly,we only come to dream,it isn’t true, it isn’t truethat we come to live on the earth.Like grass in springis our being.Our heart makes them...

When you take an action to improve humanity, you are happy.

Whatever you believe with feeling becomes your reality.

We always will have some differences but still we could be happy and peaceful if we learn to love each other.

When we die, as when the scenes have been fixed on to celluloid and the scenery is pulled down and burnt — we are phantoms in the memories of our descendants. Then we are ghosts,...

Life happens. Shit happens. And it happens a lot. To a lot of people.

Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.

The Line welcomed rain and sun. Seeds germinated in mass graves, between skulls and femurs and broken pick handles, tendrils rose up alongside dog spikes and clavicles, thrust around teak sleepers and tibias, scapulas, vertebrae,...

I am no nihilist. I am not even a cynic. I am, actually, rather romantic. And here’s my idea of romance: You will soon be dead. Life will sometimes seem long and tough and, god,...

Looking up at [the sky], I think about the October evening world, where ‘people’ must be going about their lives. Beneath that pale autumn light, they must be walking down streets, going to the store...

Usitukane kamwe. Pigana itakapobidi.

God made everything out of nothing. But the nothingness shows through.

We get greatest joy not from receiving but from giving.