Narcissism breeds contempt, and if contempt exists then compassion cannot flourish. By eradicating your narcissist ways you will enable yourself to learn compassion and lead a better more fulfilling life.
By Stuart Dawsons
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.
By Buddha
Training is needed in order to love properly; and to be able to give happiness and joy, you must practice DEEP LOOKING directed toward the other person you love. Because if you do not understand this person, you cannot love properly. Understanding is the essence of love. If you cannot understand, you cannot love. That is the message of the Buddha. [True Love. A Practice for Awakening the Heart.]
By Thich Nhat Hanh
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.
By Dalai Lama
Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
By Thomas Kempis
You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself.
By Buddha
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
By Buddha
Self satisfaction alone cannot determine if a desire or action is positive or negative. The demarcation between a positive and a negative desire or action is not whether it gives you a immediate feeling of satisfaction, but whether it ultimately results in positive or negative consequences.
By Dalai Lama XIV
If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.
By Dalai Lama
We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love.
By Thich Nhat Hanh
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
By Buddha
It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.
By Dalai Lama
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.
By Dalai Lama XIV
We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.
By Dalai Lama
Life can be found only in the present moment. The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.
By Thich Nhat Hanh
Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible. We all wish for world peace, but world peace will never be acheived unless we first establish peace within our own minds. We can send so-called 'peacekeeping forces' into areas of conflict, but peace cannot be oppossed from the outside with guns. Only by creating peace within our own mind and helping others to do the same can we hope to achieve peace in this world.
By Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
If you do not know the laws of right conduct, you cannot form your character.
By Swami Sivananda
Understanding unity helps to solve humanity's biggest challenges. There is no such thing as an isolated problem. By injuring any part of the world's system, you injure yourself. There is no such thing as a win/lose situation.
Think of life on this planet in terms of systems and not detached elements. Broaden your field of vision and assimilate the knowledge you have. See that the environment does not belong to any single country to exploit and then disregard.
You cannot afford to think of your relationship with the earth as a one-night stand. There's no such thing as a free glass of milk. It's time to buy the cow.
By Za Rinpoche
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
By Buddha
If you have fear of some pain or suffering, you should examine whether there is anything you can do about it. If you can, there is no need to worry about it; if you cannot do anything, then there is also no need to worry.
By Dalai Lama XIV
