Morrie Schwartz Quotes

You don't have to be a Kerli fan to be a Moon Child, and you don't have to be a Moon Child to be a Kerli fan. You just have to make the best of what you have and have compassion for yourself and for others always.

I have been missing the point. The point is not knowing another person, or learning to love another person. The point is simply this: how tender can we bear to be? What good manners can we show as we welcome ourselves and others into our hearts?

Everyone loses touch with their aspiration, and we need the heart to return to what we really care about. All of this is based on developing greater lovingkindness and compassion.

The door to my heart opens inward. I move through forgiveness to love.

If you love yourself, if you truly love yourself, then you'll see other people in yourself, and you won't behave that way.

We give it up and just look directly with compassion and humor at who we are. Then loneliness is no threat and heartache, no punishment.

you don't always have to hold your head higher than your heart

If we begin to get in touch with whatever we feel with some kind of kindness, our protective shells will melt, and we'll find that more areas of our lives are workable. AS we learn to have compassion for ourselves, the circle of compassion for others-what and whom we can work with, and how-becomes wider.

Compassion practice is daring. It involves learning to relax and allowing ourselves to move gently toward what scares us.

The emotional wisdom of the heart is simple. When we accept our human feelings, a remarkable transformation occurs. Tenderness and wisdom arise naturally and spontaneously. Where we once sought strength over others, now our strength becomes our own; where we once sought to defend ourselves, we laugh.

I think we ought to give ourselves more time. We should be more patient with ourselves and with each other.

Your life is a journey of learning to love yourself first and then extending that love to others in every encounter.

In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.

At the end of the day, the only thing I ever wanted to feel was loved. So I think if I could give someone a piece of advice, it's really learn how to be kind to yourself. In all of our ugliness and all of our brokenness and our bad choices, to really learn to nurture that part of yourself that can be your own big sister in a way.

Each aspect within us needs understanding and compassion. If we are unwilling to give it to ourselves how can we expect the world to give it to us?

Be the love you seek.

In life, when stuff happens the instinct is to close off your heart. By leaving your heart open, it leaves room for someone else to come in.

If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy.

I understand now that the vulnerability I've always felt is the greatest strength a person can have. You can't experience life without feeling life. What I've learned is that being vulnerable to somebody you love is not a weakness, it's a strength.

You're imperfect, and you're wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.

I play damaged people a lot. I'm a Cancer. And I say that tongue and cheek, but I wear my heart on my sleeve. I'm a very emotional woman.

The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.

I don't mean to be so sensitive, but that's just who I am. And I'm not afraid to admit it.

All my artist buddies make fun of me for being such a sensitive human being.

We can be kind to others and kind to ourselves - and what anyone else decides to do is up to them. We can just be responsible to ourselves.