It's very rare to be in a state where there's nothing in, where you have no attachment to any idea or concept about yourself. In that state you've immediately raised the mind of compassion, because if nothing is in, everything… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share Image
When we go... to bear witness to life on the streets, we're offering ourselves. Not blankets, not food, not clothes, just ourselves. — Bernie Glassman Copy Share Image
I always have this red nose in my pocket, and if it looks like I'm taking things too seriously, or the person I'm talking… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share Image
Each of is an arm of Kannon, enabling Kannon to do her work. Like her, we're also overwhelmed, but when we reallize that the… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share Image
The extraordinary language of Nonviolent Communication is changing how parents relate to children, teachers to students, and how we all related to each other… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share Image
Sometimes you come to a fall and sometimes you come to white water. Your rowing has to adapt to the situation. You can't do… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share Image
I honor businesses for what they do, I honor nonprofits for what they do, I honor government for what it does, and then I… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share Image
Our tendency in life is to avoid things that frighten us. But in order to become whole, we need to go deeper and deeper… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share Image
Don't make a whole to-do about it. Don't get down on yourself be- cause you're not an expert rower; don't start reading too many… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share Image
An English philosopher said that whatever is cosmic is also comic. Do the best you can and don't take it so seriously. — Bernie Glassman Copy Share Image
When you care about perfection, you care about an expectation. But there is also caring for where I am right now, for what's happening… — Bernie Glassman Copy Share Image
When we don't ask, we don't let others give. When we fear rejection, we don't let generosity arise. — Bernie Glassman Copy Share Image
