We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compassion is not a luxury; it is a necessity for our well-being, resilience, and survival.

Many of us think that compassion drains us, but I promise you it is something that truly enlivens us.

May I see my own limits with compassion, just as I view the limits of others.

Compassion may be defined as the capacity to be attentive to the experience of others, to wish the best for others, and to sense what will truly serve others.

Compassionate action emerges from the sense of openness, connectedness, and discernment you have created.

Don't ever think compassion is weak. Compassion is about strength.

In being with dying, we arrive at a natural crucible of what it means to love and be loved. And we can ask ourselves this: Knowing that death is inevitable, what is most precious today?

Catastrophe is the essence of the spiritual path, a series of breakdowns allowing us to discover the threads that weave all of life into a whole cloth.

We believe that it takes a strong back and a soft front to face the world.

All beings, including each one of us, enemy and friend alike, exist in patterns of mutuality, interconnectedness, co-responsibility and ultimately in unity.

Most of us are shrinking in the face of psycho-social and physical poisons, of the toxins of our world. But compassion, the generation of compassion, actually mobilizes our immunity.

The glory of God is our rear guard.

The person who sees the difficulties so clearly that he does not discern the possibilities cannot inspire a vision in others.

Don't let people see when you're mad - just smile and laugh.

The spirit of advaita is not to keep away from anything, but to keep in tune with everything

Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.

In every moment you have the choice to be a victim or a creator.

I'm not naturally a person that wants to exercise, but I find running is something I can do wherever I am in the world.

If you want to be treated like adults then start acting like them.

To see lonely, selfish, empty individuals transformed slowly but surely into warm, loving, wholesome, and happy people is to become aware of why Paul describes Christ as 'unsearchable riches'.

It is obvious I shall have to abandon my hopes of getting the Queen's head off the stamps.