Confucius Quotes

All we will ever know and share about love, humility, compassion, and sacrifice - the secrets that will reveal and then resolve old sorrows - awaits us within ourselves.

I like to think that I'm trying to choose love over most things, but that's my choice.

Caring is tough.

I think we're all trying our hardest, and a lot of times we do bad things and need to do more good things. We need to be more caring, more forgiving, more loving.

Art is not necessary at all. All that is necessary to make this world a better place to live in is to love - to love as Christ loved, as Buddha loved.

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

The central tenet of Christianity as it has come down to us is that we are to reach out when our instinct is to pull inward; to give when we want to take; to love when we are inclined to hate; to include when are tempted to exclude.

I have understood that the most important things are tenderness and kindness. I can't do without them.

Above all, there is Mother. She taught me how to love, how to have respect for other people.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

We can only learn to love by loving.

I don't like greed, I don't like ignorance. I really don't like anger. But I love love.

Teach my children to love! They'll learn to hate on their own.

In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress.

I don't think you can ever be bitter about anything, because if you don't allow your heart to stay open, then all you have is a filled heart of hate and bitterness, and you're never able to love or like anybody.

Always be kind, especially in times when it seems like everyone is giving up on each other. Love harder.

Practicing love is a difficult thing to do. It's much easier to get angry.

Compassion does not just happen. Pity does, but compassion is not pity. It's not a feeling. Compassion is a viewpoint, a way of life, a perspective, a habit that becomes a discipline - and more than anything else, compassion is a choice we make that love is more important than comfort or convenience.

We are in this world to learn and embody compassion and love.

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

All you have to be is kind. That's all you need. Once you've got that, it virtually rules out everything else.

At the end of the day, love and compassion will win.

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.

Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience.