I've never gone for having a great voice, for cultivating…

We can change society, change humanity by changing ourselves as individuals. By cultivating inner values, we can change our own lives and those of…

— Dalai Lama

Buddhist words such as compassion and emptiness don't mean much until we start cultivating our innate ability simply to be there with pain with…

— Pema Chodron

Democracy is not a fragile flower; still it needs cultivating.

— Ronald Reagan

Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step…

— Richard Powers

Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed. In cultivating generosity, we are only oppressing our…

— Ajahn Chah

“I want to know we're not pushing children toward the traditions of life, but instead cultivating them to grow in their own specific purposes,…

— Ashley Ormon

Modern anthropology ... opposes the utilitarian assumption that the primitive chants as he sows seed because he believes that otherwise it will not grow,…

— John Carroll

You've got a lot pulling at your time already - which may be the best reason to start cultivating your green thumb.

— Steven Wilson

One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their counter-forces, like love and compassion.

— Dalai Lama

Picking other people's brains is an art worth cultivating.

— Jessica Mitford

Happiness is the choice I make today. It does not rest on my circumstances, but on my frame of mind...In cultivating the habits of…

— Marianne Williamson

The chief secret of comfort lies in not suffering trifles to vex us, and in prudently cultivating our undergrowth of small pleasures, since very…

— Richard Sharp

We should amuse our evening hours of life in cultivating the tender plants, and bringing them to perfection, before they are transplanted to a…

— George Washington

Spontaneity, the hallmark of childhood, is well worth cultivating to counteract the rigidity that may otherwise set in as we grow older.

— Gail Sheehy

Whatever we focus our attention on will expand in our experience. If we focus on cultivating the higher qualities of love, compassion, joy and…

— Deepak Chopra