Each of us in our own way can try to spread compassion into people’s hearts. Western civilizations these days place great importance on filling the human ‘brain’ with knowledge, but no one seems to care about filling the human ‘heart’ with compassion.
Occasionally we find ourselves at unexpected crossroads with more than one opportunity from which to choose. Time itself is often the best indicator of which decision to make, for it can tell so many things that are now hazy.
Let us live happily, we who have no impediments. We shall subsist on joy even as the radiant gods.
Life is like a 1,000 page book. You want to quit halfway through, but then you realise you have a lot left to look forward to.
Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible
No one has yet fully realised the wealth of sympathy, kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.
God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.
