Charles Bukowski Quotes

You can make people feel valued or cared for by design alone. It's not purely about money. It's about how we choose to value human experience.

I cannot believe how much love people have shown me.

We can bring positive energy into our daily lives by smiling more, talking to strangers in line, replacing handshakes with hugs, and calling our friends just to tell them we love them.

Charm is the quality in others, that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr.

The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.

When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.

If you are fortunate in life, age and knowledge breed compassion.

I was proud to call Dr Rupert a friend. He was always a wonderful source of support and kindness.

Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.

It kind of renews my faith in humankind that there's long attention spans left out there that can listen to a 12-minute song.

People can talk about how much they care about you, but the small things like this, people taking time out of their day to come and support, it's amazing.

The word 'Namaste' means 'the light in me reflects the light in you' and I think the thing that makes people attractive are the people who shine their light and the people who can recognize that light in others.

Making people feel good is the number one priority: I love that.

Love for your work, love for another person, love for yourself - love is a huge pond, and it's never empty. You can go and take from it, and it will give you strength.

I don't love great ideas. I love the little human being.

There is just one reason that we are placed on this Earth. That reason is to love and be loved - in that order.

Taking care of the people who take care of you - that's how I was raised and how I like to do things.

It's a very basic, simple idea, isn't it - saying thank you, saying sorry - and in the overcomplicated, over-busy world we live in it is very powerful.

The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most difficult periods, and always your love and affection have eased the journey.

Every day, the people I meet inspire me... every day, they make me proud... every day they remind me how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on earth.

There are amazingly wonderful people in all walks of life; some familiar to us and others not. Stretch yourself and really get to know people. People are in many ways one of our greatest treasures.

Disrespect is tired. Shade is old. Sipping 'tea' isn't cute. But loving, supporting, giving, being grateful and perpetuating light, is.

Kind words produce happiness. How often have we ourselves been made happy by kind words, in a manner and to an extent which we are unable to explain!