Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you;until you have culrivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire; until you have formed the habit of looking for good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy

Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.

During times of disaster sorrow brings people together in a spirit of friendship, and influences man to recognize the blessings of becoming his brother's keeper.

As I got older, I guess I became more mellow and more forgiving and more loving.

Understanding is the very foundation of love. When you understand someone, you cannot help but love him or her.

You see clearly that he has a lot of pain inside and doesn't know how to handle it. That is why he suffers so much and makes the people around him suffer. What he needs is help, not punishment. If you stay with this practice, the suffering of anger or jealousy in you will dissipate and the flower of compassion will be born.

If the human species has been able to make any progress, it is because of our heart of love and compassion. We need to learn from compassionate beings how to develop the practice of deep observation for the sake of others. Then others will be able to learn from us the way to live in the present and see the impermanent and selfless nature of all that is. This insight will lighten suffering.

Men cannot be our enemies--even men called Vietcong! If we kill men, what brothers will we have left? With whom shall we live then?

Beauty and goodness are there in each of us. A true spiritual partner is one who encourages you to look deep inside yourself for the beauty and love you've been seeking. A true teacher is someone who helps you discover the teacher in yourself.

You must always check things out by going to the person in question and asking for his or her help: "Dear one, I am suffering so much, help me please.

I have been offered the noble opportunity to join my voice with that of the Crucified as He cries out, 'Father, forgive them.

Do not be too severe upon the errors of the people, but reclaim them by enlightening them.