“When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen you may learn something new.”

In disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past as that will only cause unnecessary resentment.

“The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.”

“It’s not what we have in life, but who we have in our life that matters.”

The Secret of Your Future is Hidden in Your Daily Routine” 

“Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.”

“You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.”

“That is what compassion does. It challenges our assumptions, our sense of self-limitation, worthlessness, of not having a place in the world, our feelings of loneliness and estrangement. These are narrow, constrictive states of mind. As we develop compassion, our hearts open.”

“The word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.”

I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?

“If you don’t know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.”

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.