Quote of the day archive
On Behaviour
Your actions should demonstrate generosity, patience, awareness, wisdom, and discipline.
On Teaching and Parenting
Think of the impact--of a happy, loving parent on a child; of a happy, loving teacher on a student.
On offering
It does not matter whether somebody did something for us or not, we can offer our love and compassion. Even by meeting someone else's eyes, we let go of where we are holding back
What to do in every Situation
In every situation, resting in openness and acting with kindness are the right answer.
On Teachers for Our Children
An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitiude to those who touched our human feeling. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
How to Achieve Tranquility
Trainquility is achieved when you are in harmony with all beings and all situations, knowing that everything is precisely the way it is meant to be.
What the World Needs
Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself
what makes you come alive. And then go and do that.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive
-- Harold Whitman
The shadow
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a better understanding of ourselves--Carl Jung
More on happiness
Happiness does not come from any kind of acquisitiveness, whether material or psychological. Happiness comes from letting go.
On being patient with other people
When you are dealing with someone and you may not like their behaviour always remember: Everyone is always doing the best they can at that moment given their current physiological and psychological resources.
Deepak Chopra