We can change society, change humanity by changing ourselves as individuals. By cultivating inner values, we can change our own lives and… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Buddhist words such as compassion and emptiness don't mean much until we start cultivating our innate ability simply to be there with… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed. In cultivating generosity, we are only… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
Modern anthropology ... opposes the utilitarian assumption that the primitive chants as he sows seed because he believes that otherwise it will… — John Carroll Copy Share Image
You've got a lot pulling at your time already - which may be the best reason to start cultivating your green thumb. — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their counter-forces, like love and compassion. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Happiness is the choice I make today. It does not rest on my circumstances, but on my frame of mind...In cultivating the… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The chief secret of comfort lies in not suffering trifles to vex us, and in prudently cultivating our undergrowth of small pleasures,… — Richard Sharp Copy Share Image
We should amuse our evening hours of life in cultivating the tender plants, and bringing them to perfection, before they are transplanted… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Spontaneity, the hallmark of childhood, is well worth cultivating to counteract the rigidity that may otherwise set in as we grow older. — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
Whatever we focus our attention on will expand in our experience. If we focus on cultivating the higher qualities of love, compassion,… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
The price that must be paid for mastery is discipline. No one achieves lasting success without it. So from the moment you… — Robin Crow Copy Share Image
I do feel like the hardest thing is to do something simple and tap into whatever remains of our common language rather… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
We should avoid planting and cultivating too many thorns in the bosom of society. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I believe all religions pursue the same goals, that of cultivating human goodness and bringing happiness to all human beings. Though the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Let us not be content with merely ‘formatting’ generations, but instead, focus on cultivating and enlightening them, ensuring independent thinking where acceptance… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
I love Thich Nhat Hahn. One of my favorite quotes of his (and I’m paraphrasing), he’s talking about cultivating happiness, and he… — Moby Copy Share Image
I am once more seated under my own vine and fig tree ... and hope to spend the remainder of my days… — George Washington Copy Share Image
We document, explain, justify, construct, organize: these are good things, but we do not succeed in coming to the whole. But we… — Paul Klee Copy Share Image
I've spent my life cultivating knowledge of myself. But the more I know myself, the more utterly mysterious I become. — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
How can we eliminate the deepest source of all unsatisfactory experience? Only by cultivating certain qualities within our mindstream. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
My desire to be valued is manifested in cultivating relationships with my friends and family. — Zachary Quinto Copy Share Image
