We ride roughshod over the feelings of others, getting our own way, finding fault, issuing threats, criticising a child or an employee in front of others, without even considering the hurt to the other person's pride. Whereas a few minutes' thought, a considerate word or two, a genuine understanding of the other person's attitude, would go so far toward alleviating the sting!

But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.

Don't criticise them; they are just what we would be under similar circumstances.

We forgive someone of a wrong they have done us when we decide that we will not make them suffer for it in any way.

Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.

Love is the intuitive knowledge of our hearts.

The more you understand, the more you love; the more you love, the more you understand.

Avalokiteshvara means "the one who listens deeply to the sounds of the world.

The key, of course, is loving the churchless for who they are rather than for what they can offer our church.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

Is it not the best pity, when a man has a sore point, not to touch it at all?

When we're able to love our enemy, that person is no longer our enemy. The idea of "enemy" vanishes and is replaced by the person who is suffering and needs our compassion.