Luther Burbank Quotes

The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.

I don't think that one should beat himself or herself over the head if immediately you're not like Jesus Christ or, you know, Gandhi or whoever. But I think the idea is to... to look at those examples and try to... try to operate in a way that every day you live or every interaction you have pushes you further along to operating with that mindset.

Try to be a better person everyday.

We never know who we are going to be until we are tested, but perhaps we can test ourselves without going to the extremes of war. Perhaps we can be kinder now, live with less now, reach out to others now - and build an inner reserve of a strong identity that will hold us up even when everything else falls away.

I think I'm still figuring out how to be a little less selfish.

It's always healthy to be taken down a notch, even though it's humbling.

My dad's probably one of the kindest people in the world. When I was younger that's not how I was- I was a little spoiled brat.

I've grown as an actor. I am more confident within my art form. I have also grown as a person. I am more compassionate, generous, and less judgmental.

What I desire most in my life is to become a better person. I genuinely want to be good.

According to me, your life is going to be a gradual process of becoming kinder and more loving. Hurry up. Speed it along. Start right now.

Am I getting nobler, better, more helpful, more humble, as I get older? Am I exhibiting the life that men take knowledge of as having been with Jesus, or am I getting more self-assertive, more deliberately determined to have my own way? It is a great thing to tell yourself the truth.

I confess it is beyond our power to awaken the heart, but ordinarily this way does good.

It is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action.

Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

I hope that five years and ten years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.

Consciously be sensitive to others, and try to elevate their level of consciousness. Don't do this by being preachy and telling them that they 'should' do this or that. Do it by raising your own level of energy and recognizing what's best in others.

The person is always happy who is in the presence of something they cannot know in full. A person as advanced far in the study of morals who has mastered the difference between pride and vanity.

My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.

It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our poverty, the greater will be our progress, and the more real our humility.

Live a life of grace. You'll be a better person for it, and so will your children.

As a person, I have never been discourteous or nasty to anybody. I may have stood my ground a bit too directly, a bit too firmly, and I believe I have, over a number of years, learned to be a little less direct.

I couldn't make sense of things. But then I began the process of civilising myself and trying to become a decent human being. I'm still working on it.

I know how I want to try and live my life. I know I don't want to leave any darkness behind me.

Just recently I worked with Van Morrison and I came to realize that money can't make a decent human being out of you.