Quotes About Support

Minneapolis, in general, has been there with me since the beginning. They made me feel important before I really even had a foundation. I think a lot of it has to do with it's such an intense music city in its own right.

I know they like their sports in Minnesota.

I was doing economic development for minorities. I was getting black folks to use their dollars to help each other.

The DNC says they want minorities to run for office but when they actually do, we don't get the support that we need and deserve.

I think it's so important as a woman, and especially as a minority, to lift as you climb. So having people shadow you or mentoring people - that's important to me.

I'm not a member of a minority but I can empathize with what's going on.

Part of acknowledging suffering is acknowledging we need help. It is much easier to practice compassion if you have the energy and support of a community.

This is the essence of love—to be there for the one you love when she is suffering.

Caring for yourself, reestablishing peace in yourself, is the basic condition for helping someone else. So that the other can stop being a bomb, a source of pain for ourselves and others, you really have to help him to defuse the bomb. To be able to provide help, we have to have a little calm, a little joy, a little compassion in ourselves.

Some people suffer deeply but are completely ignored by others. They are alone and isolated, so cut off from the rest of the world that their suffering becomes overwhelming. You must go to them and open the door to their heart so they can see the love that is there.

Whether the object of your love is your heart, your in-breath, your physical body, or your baby, whether it is your son, your daughter, or your partner, your declaration of love is always the same. It is: "Dear one, I am here for you.

None of us needs to embrace pain and sorrow alone. When you throw a rock into a river, no matter how small the rock is, it will sink to the bottom of the river. But if you have a boat, you can carry many tons of rocks, and they won't sink.

When we practice in a community, there are more people to support us but also more opportunities for frustration and anger. Loving speech and deep listening are key to community building.

Those who do not share the concerns of the Sangha cannot be a part of the Sangha.

Your mindful steps are not for you alone; they are for your partner and friends too, because the moment you stop suffering, others benefit.

Our mothers and fathers helped us come to be and, even nlw, they continue to give us life.

The second element of true love is compassion, karuna. This is not only the desire to ease the pain of another person, but the ability to do so.

Our desire to have a partner is, in part, a continuation of our desire for someone to take care of us.

Your partner needs your attention and your watering of his or her positive seeds. Without that attention, your relationship will wither.

You must always check things out by going to the person in question and asking for his or her help: "Dear one, I am suffering so much, help me please.

Compassionate listening is a very deep practice. You listen not to judge or to blame. You listen just because you want the other person to suffer less.

We want to assist [students] in finding their inner genius and support them in guiding it into pathways that can lead to personal fulfillment and to the benefit of those around them.

The familial and emotional components may be most relevant for a child who is traumatized by physical abuse or other forms of stress at home.

Wenn wir nicht wüssten, wieviele Millionen von außerordentlichen Talenten an jedem Tage in aller Welt verkümmern müssen, weil sie von keinem aufgehoben und angepackt und entwickelt und schließlich zu den höchsten Höhen hinauf entwickelt werden!