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

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.

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

We can proceed according to the planned itinerary, strenuously trying to make life conform to our needs, or we can adapt to whatever we meet and flow without effort.

We are used to thinking in terms of what we can teach our children. Maybe we need to ask ourselves what we may learn from them.

Something similar happens on the other side of the equation: Giving kindness does us as much good as receiving it. . . . The true benefit of kindness is being kind. Perhaps more than any other factor, kindness gives meaning and value to our life, raises us above our troubles and our battles, and makes us feel good about ourselves.

Generosity is, by definition, disinterested.