Thomas Hooker Quotes

Money doesn't transform a person - the only thing that can is love.

Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.

What a man takes in by contemplation, that he pours out in love.

Many times, we spend so much time on policy, but we don't explain how the policy affects and makes the heart even grow bigger. And I think that's a place that we have to look inside.

When you hear about what someone else is going through, and you are unable to distance yourself from it or in any way muzzle your empathy and are inspired to actually do something, these are moments to learn from.

Just like sunshine affects others, when the life of Jesus invades your life, you become a loving person. The effect on others is amazing.

People talk about love and it seems like a cliche but it's a real thing - the more love we spread around the world the more it's going to change lives.

Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?

Developing our capacity for compassion makes it possible for us to help others in a more skillful and effective way. And compassion helps us as well.

With all the things I've been through, the No. 1 thing that I've learned is that we're supposed to help people through this world.

If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.

There isn't any formula or method. You learn to love by loving - by paying attention and doing what one thereby discovers has to be done.

Doing good holds the power to transform us on the inside, and then ripple out in ever-expanding circles that positively impact the world at large.

The greater good is achieved by not only telling people what they need to know, but also filling them with a sense of empathy and love.

Compassion is the key to living outside the confines of your lower self.

Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.

Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.

I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good.

I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use.'

If thou wouldst help others, deal with them as though they were what they should be

I believe that love gives you the freedom and power to share your best self and to inspire others.

Every single night, I try to get people to realize that love is what is most important, and that they need to use every opportunity given them to reach out in love. Schmaltzy and corny, I know, but it's true.

What separates humans from other animals is our empathy. With the possible exception of bonobos, we are the most empathetic animal on the planet.

I have become a person who can focus more on love.

When you pray, things remain the same, but you begin to be different. The same thing when a man falls in love, his circumstances and conditions remain the same, but he has a sovereign preference in his heart for another person which transfigures everything!