If someone thinks that peace and love are just a cliche that must have been left behind in the 60s, that’s a problem. Peace and love are eternal.
Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.
True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
If you can’t feed a hundred people, feed just one.
Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet it is the humblest imaginable.
I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness.