Compassion automatically brings happiness and calmness. Then, even if you receive disturbing news, it will be easier to take, as your mind is still.

The person who received maximum affection from mother, that person also sort of cultivated the potential showing affection to others.

We need to understand how destructive emotions affect us and constructive emotions can help us, so that we can maintain our peace of mind.

The greatest antidote to insecurity & sense of fear is compassion. It brings one back to the basis of one's inner strength.

If our tears do not lead us to act then we have lost the reason of our humanity, which is compassion.

I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.

I have come to the conclusion that whether or not a person is a religious believer does not matter. Far more important is that they be a good human being.