The human capacity to care for others isn’t something trivial or something to be taken for granted. Rather, it is something we should cherish. Compassion is a marvel of human nature, a precious inner resource, and the foundation of our well-being and the harmony of our societies. If we seek happiness for ourselves, we should [...]

A jug fills drop by drop.  Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who [...]

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox. Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses. At the center of your [...]

Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that [...]

The creation of a more peaceful and happier society has to begin from the level of the individual, and from there it can expand to one’s family, to one’s neighborhood, to one’s community and so on. When we are angry we are blind to reality. Anger may bring us a temporary burst of energy, but [...]