Quotes About Love

May bodhichitta, precious and sublime, Arise where it has not yet come to be; And where it has arisen, may it never fail, But grow and flourish ever more and more.

Natural warmth is our shared capacity to love, to have empathy, to have a sense of humor. It is also our capacity to feel gratitude and appreciation and tenderness. It's the whole gamut of what often are called the heart qualities, qualities that are a natural part of being human. Natural warmth has the power to heal all relationships—the relationship with ourselves as well as with people, animals, and all that we encounter every day of our lives.

For an aspiring bodhisattva, the essential practice is to cultivate maitri, or loving-kindness.

learned that a person can only take so much. He found that taking on suffering had to be balanced with love and kindness, with the completeness of life.

No matter how committed we are to unkindness, selfishness, or greed, the genuine heart of bodhicitta cannot be lost. It is here in all that lives, never marred and completely whole.

Mindfulness is loving all the details of our lives, and awareness is the natural thing that happens: life begins to open up, and you realize that you're always standing at the center of the world.

the essence of compassionate speech or compassionate action is to be there for people, without pulling back in horror or fear or anger.

With great kindness and love, out of your own experience of what's possible, you give them the wisdom that somebody else probably gave you the day before when you were miserable. You encourage them not to buy into their self-pity but to realize that it's an opportunity to grow, and that everybody goes through this experience. In other words, the sangha are people committed to helping one another to take off their armor, by not encouraging their weakness

Al principio de nuestro matrimonio, mi esposo me dijo que yo era una de las personas más valientes que conocía. Cuando le pregunté por qué, me dijo que porque era una cobarde total, pero a pesar de todo seguía adelante y hacía las cosas.

the best way to serve ourselves is to love and care for others. These are powerful tools for dissolving the barriers that perpetuate the suffering of all beings.

To make things as easy as possible to under stand, we can summarize the four boundless qualities in the single phrase "a kind heart." Just train yourself to have a kind heart always and in all situations. —PATRUL RINPOCHE

There's a quickening of her heart when she sees him. She tells herself it's anger.

A kiss on the nose does much toward turning aside anger.

Fighting is easier than loving, just as giving in to anger is easier than self-control.

Remember Grace, if you let anger into your heart, it will push out your ability to love.

Heav'n has no rage like love to hatred turn'd Nor Hell a fury like a woman scorn'd.

Life is too short for anger, resentment, hostility and "should have." It is too short to put off doing what brings you joy. Live each day as if it were your last, because one day it will be.

Whenever you are angry shut your mouth. So that you can save yourself from loosing the beloved ones.

To be angry implies you care

My dad shaped the footballing side of me, and Mum shaped me as a person. I've always been very close to her - we've only ever had one argument, and that was over something stupid when I was 13.

An argument in a couple: 2 people attempting to introduce each other to important truths - by panicked shouting.

The strongest argument in favor of the gospel is a loving and lovable Christian.

The love of conflict is most evident when opposing forces join sides to defeat the peacemaker.

The cross is Gods way of taking away all of our accusations, excuses, and arguments.