kindness

No one's life will be harder because I exist.

When the wind blows in your face,when you feel you are losing your head,when the going gets tough,and when all else fails,look inside you,you are not alone.

You can have all the titles in the world but if you cannot treat others as you would yourself, you have no love to give!

When someone is cruel, harsh, mean, to not take their words personally is one thing, but to hear the silent cry within those words is another. This sort of perspective can not only liberate us from crippling self-doubt in the face of criticism, it can also liberate us from automatically becoming blind participants in the interaction patterns that the cruel person has become accustomed to__ favour we do for the other person as much as for ourselves.

The soft heart is not a thing to harden but a treasure to protect. For soft hearts extend mercy, compassion, refuge, and God__ redemption to the world.

Always remember to give yourself the kindness, compassion and consideration you give to others.

... Any Christian spirit working kindly in its little sphere, whatever it may be, will find its mortal life too short for its vast means of usefulness!

I asked the Dalai Lama what it was like to wake up with joy, and he shared his experience each morning. 'I think if you are an intensely religious believer, as soon as you wake up, you thank God for another day. And you try to do God__ will. For a nontheist like myself, but who is a Buddhist, as soon as I wake up, I remember Buddha__ teaching: the importance of kindness and compassion, wishing something good for others, or at least to reduce their suffering. Then I remember that everything is interrelated, the teaching of interdependence. So then I set my intention for the day: that this day should be meaningful. Meaningful means, if possible, serve and help others. If not possible, then at least not to harm others. That__ a meaningful day.

We all are busy in our lives handling our homes, work, various issues, ailments and so on_ sometimes we don__ have a second to spare even for our own selves, so caught up with life we are_But, despite our problems, despite the pressure of anything, despite all kinds of challenges we face in our daily lives, if we can still just pause and stop to look at someone else__ problems, if we can just smile at the other person, believe me, we would have not only made someone__ day but will also feel that our own burden has become lesser and our problems may not appear to be that big after all! That__ the beauty of caring for others. Have you noticed how much at peace those people are who walk up to a perfect stranger and lend a helping hand, without being asked to and without expecting anything in return? That is what unconditional caring for others and helping others do to you. That is what service, good deeds and kindness do; they help the receiver as well as the giver.

. . . there was something that Isabel had said that always stuck in his mind. Remember what you have and the other person doesn't. It was simple--almost too simple--advice and yet, like all such home advice, it expressed a profound truth.

How do we change the world? By sending out a ripple of love that will affect one person at a time.

A seed cannot grow in stone. Compassion is the fertile soil where life grows.

Never forget O Brave One, the best kind of existence is to exist for others.

Every person struggles with the self to find and kindle their special radiance, which comes from cultivating kindness, charity, and love.

A seed cannot grow in stone. It requires fertile soil & water. Compassion is the soil where life grows.

When you give to others, you give to yourself.

The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patternsof fear & jealousy.

Enlightenment is the moment when you are most alive and most compassionate.