Compassion is the wish for another being to be free from suffering; love is wanting them to have happiness.

Just as we can learn how helpful love and compassion can be, we can come to understand that anger, pride, jealousy and arrogance can be detrimental.

Develop the heart. Too much energy in your country is spent developing the mind instead of the heart.

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

If your heart has peace, nothing can disturb you.

Even more important than the warmth and affection we receive, is the warmth and affection we give.

Love and compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion.

Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

Real change in the world will only come from a change of heart. 

Because we all share an identical need for love, it is possible to feel that anybody we meet,in whatever circumstances, is a brother or sister.

The creatures that inhabit this earth--be they human beings or animals--are here to contribute, each in its own particular way, to the beauty and prosperity of the world.

Love and Compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion.

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

The more you are motivated by Love, The more Fearless & Free your action will be.

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.

Love is the absence of judgment.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live.

I have found that the greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It is the ultimate source of success in life.

French is the language that turns dirt into romance.

I loved you then and I love you now and I have loved you every second in between.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.