Some feel that you lose your independence if you don't let your mind just wander where it wants to, if you try to control it. But that is not the case. If your mind is proceeding in the correct way, one already has the correct opinion. But if your mind is proceeding in an incorrect way, then it's necessary, definitely, to exercise control.

Compassion instills a sense of calm, inner strength, and a deep confidence and satisfaction

Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.

There is a saying in Tibetan that "at the door of the miserable rich man sleeps the contented beggar". The point of this saying is not that poverty is a virtue, but that happiness does not come with wealth, but from setting limits to one's desires, and living within those limits with satisfaction.

A learned person will become noble only when he or she has put into real practice what has been learned, instead of mere words.

Compassion is concern of others' well being.

Compassion is the wish to see others free from suffering.