The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.
We should practice by showing one another love and helping one another. It is a mistake to pursue happiness and to seek to the avoid suffering by deceiving and humiliating other people. We must try to achieve happiness and eliminate suffering by being good-hearted and well-behaved.
I have never regretted my silence. As for my speech, I have regretted it over and over again.
I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with
Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
Compassion is a living, breathing, organic emotion that vibrates through you and links you to those around you.
Where is God? Where can I find him?" we ask. We don't realize that's like a fish swimming frantically through the ocean in search OF the ocean
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him.
There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself.
Life is too short to be wasted in finding answers. Enjoy the questions.
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
Let me tell you how to love all equally. Do not demand anything of those you love. If you make demands, some will give you more and some less. In that case you will love more those who give you more and less those who give you less. Thus your love will not be the same for all. You will not be able to love all impartially.
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
True happiness comes from having a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved by cultivating altruism, love and compassion, and by eliminating anger, selfishness and greed.
We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.
To control a people you must first control what they think about themselves and how they regard their history and culture. And when your conqueror makes you ashamed of your culture and your history, he needs no prison walls and no chains to hold you.
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
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