When I first was exposed to Buddhism in the mid-1960s, I said it was so practical and utterly pragmatic. That's what attracted me to Buddhism.

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?

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.

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.

You gotta look out for number one, but don't step in number two!

My arms would be wrapped around him like angels’ wings.

If stupidity were a gift, only a few would have it.

If I get a chance to act, I will act. And then I'm usually the happiest person around.

I'm telling you, monsters aren't born, they're made.

A heart full of love and compassion is the main source of inner strength, willpower, happiness, and mental tranquility

Making fun of anyone's size, height, scarring, anything like that equals dumb.

Sport has the power to change the world... Sport can awaken hope where there was previously only despair.

I don't think it really matters, who plays first. Whatever they do, they do.

There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect.