Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
You’re an interesting species. An interesting mix. You’re capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you’re not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.
We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.
It only takes a second for you to call a girl fat and she will starve herself for the rest of her life. Think before you act.
I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.
Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.
While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God’s creation.
What does the brain matter compared with the heart?
Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused.
Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others.
Don’t judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.
Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone, let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.
To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.
The only time you look in your neighbor’s bowl is to make sure that they have enough. You don’t look in your neighbor’s bowl to see if you have as much as them.
Hungry for love, He looks at you. Thirsty for kindness, He begs of you. Naked for loyalty, He hopes in you. Homeless for shelter in your heart, He asks of you. Will you be that one to Him?
Let my heart be broken by the things that break the heart of God.
We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.
I must be willing to give whatever it takes to do good to others. This requires that I be willing to give until it hurts. Otherwise, there is no true love in me, and I bring injustice, not peace, to those around me.
Love and Compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion.