The essence of all religions is love, compassion and tolerance. Kindness is my true religion. No matter whether you are learned or not, whether you believe in the next life or not, whether you believe in God or Buddha or some other religion or not, in day-to-day life you must be a kind person.
In our concern for others, we worry less about ourselves.
If you want to be wisely selfish, care for others.
Become genuinely interested in other people.
If you can be kind and considerate for one day, then you can be for another. It won’t cost you a penny in the world. Begin today.
Success in dealing with people depends on sympathetic grasp of the other person’s viewpoint.
Listening without bias or distraction is the greatest value you can pay another person.
The fundamental law of human beings is interdependence. A person is a person through other persons.
We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths.
A person’s a person, no matter how small.
If her past were your past, her pain your pain, her level of consciousness your level of consciousness, you would think and act exactly as she does. With this realization comes forgiveness, compassion and peace.
Every being is a spark of the Divine, or God. Look into the eyes of the dog and sense that innermost core. When you are present, you can sense the spirit, the one consciousness, in every creature and love it as yourself.
I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
In the face of suffering, one has no right to turn away, not to see.
To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.
There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.
We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say “It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.” Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.
Real strength has to do with helping others.
You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you.
Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love.