Compassion, along with love, is the face of altruism.

If indeed the qualities such as love, patience, tolerance, and forgiveness are what happiness consists in, and if it is also true that compassion, defined as concern for others, is both the source and the fruit of these qualities, then the more we are compassionate, the more we provide for our own happiness.

There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.

If you don't love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others.

I am the source of my own suffering, because of the habits of my mind.

Most of our problems are related to the mind, so we have to work to reduce our destructive emotions.

As you breathe in, cherish yourself. As you breathe out, cherish all Beings.