Giving kindness does as much good as receiving it...Kind people are healthier and live longer.

It's all really very simple. You don't have to choose between being kind to yourself and others. It's one and the same.

There is no choice between being kind to others, and being kind to ourselves. It is the same thing.

Inspiration comes whenever it wants, even at the most unlikely times and in the most inappropriate situations. Often it arrives bit by bit. Therefore it must be anchored, and this is where a most valuable item makes its appearance: the notebook.

Being kind is the simplest way to become who we really are.

If kindness has falseness at its base, it is no longer kindness. It is labored courtesy.

Awareness by itself is not enough: it must be joined by mastery. We need gradually to develop a steering ability to keep ourselves from slipping mechanically into this or that sub-personality. Thus we become able to identify with each part of our being as we wish. We can have more choice. It is the difference between being impotently transported by a roller coaster and, instead, driving a car and being able to choose which way to go and for what purpose to make the journey.