Who has not sat before his own heart’s curtain? It lifts, and the scenery is falling apart.

 —Rainer Maria Rilke

My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.

 —D.H. Lawrence

Do not confuse peace of mind with spaced-out insensitivity. A truly peaceful mind is very sensitive, very aware.

 —the Dalai Lama

The spiritual life does not remove us from the world, but leads us deeper into it.

—Henri J.M. Nouwen

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.

 —Pema Chodron

Say yes when nobody asked.

 —Lao proverb

We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don’t know.

 —W.H. Auden

When you’ve seen beyond yourself, then you may find peace of mind is waiting there.

 —George Harrison

People should worry about each other. Because worry is just love in its worst form. But it is still love.

 —Simon Gray

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

—Jean Jacques Rousseau

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.

—Jawaharlal Nehru

Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures, peace is our gift to each other.

—Elie Wiesel