Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it.
-Jean Jacques Rousseau
Quotations
Heart
When the heart is dry the eye is dry
-Victor Hugo
"Les Misérables"
The human heart operates from two premises: I Am Responsible and Only Love Works.
-Swami Dhyan Giten
"The Silent Whisperings of the Heart - An Introduction to Giten's Approach to Life"
A pure devotee’s heart is always filled with ideas about executing the Lord’s service, which is bestowed upon the pure devotee through the transparent medium of the spiritual master.
-Scriptures "Mukunda Mala Stotra"
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.
-Dalai Lama Xiv "The XIV Dalai Lama"
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
-Nelson Mandela
The mind knows only what lies near the heart.
-Edith Hamilton
"Mythology"
I have not broken your heart - you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine.
-Emily Brontë
"Wuthering Heights"
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
-Benjamin Franklin
If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?
-Khalil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
