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It is sometimes difficult to view compassion and loving kindness as the strengths they are. -- Sharon Salzberg
We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that. -- Ellen DeGeneres
I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion. -- Ron Reagan
What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. We all lean towards love. -- Richard Gere
Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion. -- Dalai Lama
And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things. -- Martin Scorsese
If you have the chance to be exposed to a loving, understanding environment where the seed of compassion, loving kindness, can be watered every day, then you become a more loving person. -- Nhat Hanh
Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values. -- Ellen DeGeneres
I am so proud of Michigan's citizens for the kindness and generosity they have shown in assisting in this endeavor. It is truly heartwarming to see the compassion shown for those in need. -- Jennifer Granholm
Well, I think when we can turn to the person sitting next to us and really see them with kindness and see ourselves reflected back - when there's some dignity and compassion traveling back and forth. -- Sharon Stone
Sometimes people don't trust the force of kindness. They think love or compassion or kindness will make you weak and kind of stupid and people will take advantage of you; you won't stand up for other people. -- Sharon Salzberg
My parents taught me honesty, truth, compassion, kindness and how to care for people. Also, they encouraged me to take risks, to boldly go. They taught me that the greatest danger in life is not taking the adventure. -- Brian Blessed
We're told compassion comes not from generosity but from compliance. We're told kindness means raiding a man's hard-earned wages and sending them off to Washington so they - not you - may dole them out in courtesies and indulgences. -- Allen West
I realized that it's all really one, that John Lennon was correct. We utilize the music to bring down the walls of Berlin, to bring up the force of compassion and forgiveness and kindness between Palestines, Hebrews. Bring down the walls here in San Diego, Tijuana, Cuba. -- Carlos Santana
Where there is no human connection, there is no compassion. Without compassion, then community, commitment, loving-kindness, human understanding, and peace all shrivel. Individuals become isolated, the isolated turn cruel, and the tragic hovers in the forms of domestic and civil violence. Art and literature are antidotes to that. -- Susan Vreeland
In Asian languages, the word for 'mind' and the word for 'heart' are same. So if you're not hearing mindfulness in some deep way as heartfulness, you're not really understanding it. Compassion and kindness towards oneself are intrinsically woven into it. You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention. -- Jon Kabat-Zinn
One of my great regrets, and I don't have many, is that I spent too long putting people's status and reputation ahead of their more important qualities. I learned far too late in life that a long list of letters after someone's name is no guarantee of compassion, kindness, humour, all the far more relevant stuff. -- Bill Nighy
If we're destroying our trees and destroying our environment and hurting animals and hurting one another and all that stuff, there's got to be a very powerful energy to fight that. I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that. -- Ellen DeGeneres
We can have skills training in mindfulness so that we are using our attention to perceive something in the present moment. This perception is not so latent by fears or projections into the future, or old habits, and then I can actually stir loving-kindness or compassion in skills training too, which can be sort of provocative, I found. -- Sharon Salzberg
I think the years on 'The Donna Reed Show,' the years from 14 to 19, were so incredibly important. Donna Reed was simply an extraordinary woman, a woman of great strength, kindness, integrity and compassion. I am not trying to make her sound like a saint, but she had the most profound influence on me. I carry her with me today. -- Shelley Fabares
Wishing kindness and compassion to all living creatures. -- Brian Blessed
Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves. -- Pema Chodron
I practice loving-kindness meditation, which cultivates compassion and equanimity. -- Sarah MacLean
My message is the practice of compassion, love and kindness. -- Dalai Lama
Normal: lacking in taste, compassion, understanding, kindness, and ordinary human decency. -- Frank Portman
Forgiveness, compassion, and kindness are the fundamental ingredients of our beloved humanity. -- Debasish Mridha
Jesus conveyed the impression of complete love, compassion, kindness, and infinite patience. -- Mary C. Neal
Only your compassion and your loving kindness are invincible, and without limit. -- Nhat Hanh
Love, gratitude, compassion, and kindness are the sources of all enduring, pure happiness. -- Debasish Mridha
No one is more worthy of your kindness and compassion than you are. -- Nhat Hanh
We enjoy observing kindness and compassion in others; while we act as evils. -- M.F. Moonzajer
Happiness is an inner perception. It comes from simplicity, kindness, love, and compassion. -- Debasish Mridha
Close your eyes, forget everything that hurts you and dream love, kindness and compassion. -- M.F. Moonzajer
To please God, live a godly life and nurture kindness, compassion, justice, and humility. -- Jim George
Gratitude is the combination of appreciate, love, kindness, and compassion in a beautiful heart. -- Debasish Mridha
Kindness and compassion toward all living things is the mark of a civilized society. -- Cesar Chavez
When we practice loving kindness and compassion we are the first ones to profit. -- Rumi
Love is the ultimate state of human being where compassion prevails and kindness rules. -- Harbhajan Singh Yogi
We must quit thinking we know everything, and quit placing "knowledge" over kindness and compassion. -- Bryant McGill
We must quit thinking we know everything, and quit placing "knowledge" over kindness and compassion. -- Bryant McGill
Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness . -- Dalai Lama
My message is always the same: to cultivate and practice love, kindness, compassion and tolerance. -- Dalai Lama
I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness. -- Mother Teresa
A holiday is for kindness, compassion, love, and holiness; it is not for laziness or craziness. -- Debasish Mridha
I believe that yoga should lead us to a place where kindness and compassion are instantaneous. -- Judith Hanson Lasater
I believe in continuing to put love and kindness and compassion and art into the world. -- Nicole Kidman
A small kindness, a confluence of compassion, had saved his life. Was that strength, or a weakness? -- Jacqueline Carey
Real love means loving kindness and compassion, the kind of love that does not have any conditions. -- Nhat Hanh
A small kindness, a confluence of compassion, had saved his life. Was that strength, or a weakness~? -- Jacqueline Carey
Women have the capacity to lead us to a more peaceful world with compassion, affection, and kindness. -- Dalai Lama
Treat everyone with kindness, dignity, compassion and respect, irrespective of whether you think they understand or not. -- Martin Pistorius
We are nourished by our relationships and generosity in return to our kindness and compassion for others. -- Gyalwa Dokhampa
Our tenderness, compassion and kindness go with sensitive generous heart that should not be abused by others. -- Angelica Hopes
When you serve the humanity with compassion and kindness,You express your spontaneous love and inner greatness. -- Debasish Mridha
Happiness is there when you express kindness, compassion, and unconditional love and fill yourself with bliss and joy. -- Debasish Mridha
I have three powers to win the world: my omnipotent love, my omnipresent kindness, and my omniscient compassion. -- Debasish Mridha
The Dalai Lama challenged me - he said, 'Why can't you use technological tools to study kindness and compassion? -- Richard Davidson
Wherever you are, be there with love. Be there with compassion, kindness, and gratitude. Smile and show you care. -- Debasish Mridha
Like a cube of ice, anger cannot be eliminated by applying force, only by applying warmth, compassion and kindness. -- Deepak Chopra
Compassion is a sign of inner peace. Kindness is a sign of inner strength. Be kind and be compassionate. -- Debasish Mridha
Humility, kindness, integrity, and compassion are the fragrances that I wear, and I strongly recommend that you try them. -- Edmond Mbiaka
A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir - a constant source of energy, determination, and kindness. -- Dalai Lama
Love isn't material. It's energy... We experience it as kindness, giving, mercy, compassion, peace, joy, acceptance, non-judgment, joining and intimacy. -- Marianne Williamson
It is unfortunate that for some, kindness is an unwarranted expenditure, compassion an avoidable weakness, and love an unnecessary gamble. -- Wayne Gerard Trotman
The greatest things in life - truth, creativity, imagination, love, kindness, compassion -are already inside us, and they're all free. -- Yanni
Love is a strong seed, planted in my soul of kindness to grow the plants compassion and flowers of happiness. -- Debasish Mridha
Love and compassion benefit both ourselves and others. Through kindness to others, your heart and mind will be peaceful and open. -- Dalai Lama
Without the tao, Kindness and compassion are replaced by law and justice; Faith and trust are supplanted by ritual and ceremony. -- Laozi
Compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use, and the regular exercise of choosing kindness over cruelty would change us. -- Jonathan Safran Foer
When we water our garden with kindness, caring, compassion and Love, we will be amazed at what blooms in our lives. -- Tom Hackett
Every act of kindness and compassion done by any man for his fellow Christian is done by Christ working within him. -- Julian of Norwich
Let happiness bloomIn the freshness of your mind,In the gentle wind of your thoughts.On the ground of kindness and compassion. -- Debasish Mridha
There are many roads that lead to a happy joyful life but two of the most useful are called kindness and compassion". -- Tom Hackett
The real essentials of life - compassion, kindness, good will, forgiveness - are what is fundamental to living as a true human being. -- Eknath Easwaran
Just as compassion is the wish that all sentient beings be free of suffering, loving-kindness is the wish that all may enjoy happiness. -- Dalai Lama
If you have any of these qualities... love, kindness, compassion, sincerity and truth in your heart.... you will always find your way home. -- Rita Zahara
Actions are most important in life: act with love, kindness, understanding, and compassion toward others that they may bear witness to your belief(s). -- Ken Poirot
May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion. -- Thomas Jefferson
Mum always taught us that compassion and kindness were the most important things in life, that it was better to be kind than right. -- Rebecca Gibney
If you are motivated by loving kindness and compassion, there are many ways to bring happiness to others right now, starting with kind speech. -- Nhat Hanh
Conquer evil people by gentle kindness, and make zealous people wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion. -- Isaac of Nineveh
In times of tragedies, our duty is to lend a helping hand to those in grief and thus light lamps of kindness and compassion. -- Mata Amritanandamayi
How much better the world would be if we all gave gifts of understanding, and compassion, of service, and friendship, of kindness and gentleness. -- Thomas S. Monson
Kindness manifests in a lot of ways, such as acts of compassion, helpfulness, empathy, forgiveness, and caring. These gestures kindle and ignite feelings of love. -- Jude Bijou
When we choose to operate on the frequency of compassion and kindness, we create, and reinforce our own realities, as filled with compassion and kindness. -- Raphael Zernoff
When someone you love makes compassion, kindness, forgiveness, respect and God an option, you can be sure they have made you an option, as well. -- Shannon L. Alder
The Secret's message is to let go of all blame because it only destroys you, and to move forward with hope, love, compassion and kindness. -- Siyyid `Ali Muhammad Shirazi
I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that. -- Ellen DeGeneres
For me, love is an enhanced state of kindness, compassion, service, respect, and humility, an emotion I feel we are all here to give and to receive. -- Nathan East
Anger devours almost all other good emotions. It deadens the soul. It numbs the heart to joy and gratitude and hope and tenderness and compassion and kindness. -- John Piper
But if we have the energy of compassion and loving kindness in us, the people around us will be influenced by our way of being and living. -- Nhat Hanh
Wisdom is a true activity of compassion. And so, meditation is the act of loving kindness. It is the activity where loving kindness is applied on all levels. -- Tony Samara
What is most important is to go deep into ourselves and discover the loving kindness and compassion of the buddha within - the awakened nature we all possess. -- Shinjo Ito
As I see it, the greatest responsibility of motherhood is to make sure that our children know that there are principles of kindness, compassion, integrity, excellence, and discipline. -- Marianne Williamson
Calmly contemplating these dimensions and bringing them into the service of compassion and kindness is the right way to make rapid gains in meditation as well as in life. -- Hsing Yun
I feel that the essence of spiritual practice is your attitude toward others. When you have a pure, sincere motivation, then you have right attitude toward others based on kindness, compassion, love and respect. -- Dalai Lama

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