For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.
We are more alike than unalike.
People will never forget how you made them feel.
Beneath the skin, beyond the differing features and into the true heart of being, fundamentally, we are more alike, my friend, than we are unalike.
We need to put love back into the world, remind the world that love is important. We’re all one.
One thing that I ask of you: Never be afraid of giving. There is a deep joy in giving, since what we receive is much more than what we give.
Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.
What you see in other people is a reflection of yourself. A person of goodness sees goodness in others and a person of evil sees evil in others.
The heart of the human problem, is the problem of the human heart.
Have only love in your heart for others. The more you see the good in them, the more you will establish good in yourself.
The eyes are the mirror of the soul and reflect everything that seems to be hidden; and like a mirror, they also reflect the person looking into them.
To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one’s own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.
The soul of man is immortal and imperishable.
The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.
I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I’ll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
The human spirit is more powerful than any drug and THAT is what needs to be nourished: with work, play, friendship, family. THESE are the things that matter.
This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. Welcome and entertain them all!
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
We are what we are because we have been what we have been.