The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable.
Knowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched.
Love creates a communion with life. Love expands us, connects us, sweetens us, ennobles us. Love springs up in tender concern, it blossoms into caring action. It makes beauty out of all we touch. In any moment we can step beyond our small self and embrace each other as beloved parts of a whole.
We can bring a heart of understanding and compassion to a world that needs it so much.
Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.
In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
The purpose of spiritual life is not to create some special state of mind. A state of mind is always temporary. The purpose is to work directly with the most primary elements of our body and our mind, to see the ways we get trapped by our fears, desires, and anger, to learn directly our capacity for freedom.
Louis [Leakey] was anxious to initiate a scientific study of these chimpanzees. It would be difficult, he emphasized, for nothing was known; there were no guidelines for such a field study; and the habitat was remote and rugged. Dangerous wild animals would be living there, and chimpanzees themselves were considered at least four times stronger than humans. I remember wondering what kind of scientist he would find for such a herculean task.
I suffer from the delusion that every product of my imagination is not only possible, but always on the cusp of becoming real.
When I was 16 I discovered this island called cinema and I thought: 'Oh how wonderful, I'm ready.
I tried to stop smoking cigarettes by telling myself I just didn't want to smoke, but I didn't believe myself