Wayne Dyer Quotes

We can only give away to others what we have inside ourselves.

Don't be a jerk. Try to love everyone. Give more than you take. And do it despite the fact that you only really like about seven out of 500 people.

Be about ten times more magnanimous than you believe yourself capable of. Your life will be a hundred times better for it.

Kindness and a good heart are the foundation for success in this life, progress on the spiritual path, and the fulfillment of our aspirations. Our need for them is not limited to any specific time, place, society, or culture.

You can only give away what you have inside. Become an instrument of love.

Compassion is a spiritual technology.

My dad was a big believer in treating people well, oftentimes even when he himself wasn't well.

I think there is something for all of us where you find a balance in your life, where you feel that everything you do isn't about your own creature comforts or satisfying your own appetites. Some of it has to be directed outward and there is a huge satisfaction in that.

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

Being generous of spirit is a wonderful way to live.

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

I knew a homeless guy who'd give all the copper coins that people gave him to charity. So I think there's something that makes us want to give. For me, it's quite a selfish luxury: you feel enlivened, deepened and self-nurtured by generosity.

True contentment comes with empathy.

I'll admit that I'm self-centered - all of us are - but I can also be external and giving and listening and empathetic and all that sort of stuff.

Take more pleasure in giving what is best to another than in having it for yourself, and then all the world will love you.

I don't recognize hate, I don't recognize bitterness, I don't recognize jealousy, I don't recognize greed. I don't give them power. They don't exist to me.

We often equate charity with visiting the sick, taking in casseroles to those in need, or sharing our excess with those who are less fortunate. But really, true charity is much, much more. Real charity is not something you give away; it is something that you acquire and make a part of yourself. And when the virtue of charity becomes implanted in your heart, you are never the same again.

Compassion and love constitute non-violence in action. They are the source of all spiritual qualities: forgiveness, tolerance, all the virtues. They give meaning to our activities and makes them constructive. There is nothing amazing about being rich or highly educated; only when the individual has a warm heart do these attributes become worthwhile.

Love is giving and it has nothing to do with what you receive.

If you want to help others and become a person of influence, keep smiling, sharing, giving, and turning the other cheek.

To be kind, honest and have positive thoughts; to forgive those who harm us and treat everyone as a friend; to help those who are suffering and never to consider ourselves superior to anyone else: even if this advice seems rather simplistic, make the effort of seeing whether by following it you can find greater happiness.

Be kinder than expected.

Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.

Be kinder than necessary.

Happiness begins where selfishness ends.