Ralph Fiennes Quotes

The more I help out, the more successful I become. But I measure success in what it has done for the people around me. That is the real accolade.

Success means different things to different people. To me, the greatest quality of successful human beings is the ability to love.

I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.

Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth.

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

I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use.'

Getting past my early 20s, I feel a bit more maturity and responsibility about that stuff. You get a good feeling from doing something good. You see a kid and you make his day, you realise the power of it. Whereas before, I was like, 'That's cool, whatever.' But now, that's what I'm most appreciative of.

You will begin to succeed with your life when the pains and problems of others matter to you.

Having a kind heart, you care about everybody else. You don't eat everything. Don't be a big. People in the community, be nice. As coaches, we want to see guys develop those kind of things, take those things with them when they leave our programs.

Compassion is the ultimate expression of your highest self

Your life doesn't belong to you, it belongs to the people that love you

Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are. There is no smaller package in all the world than that of a man all wrapped up in himself.

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.

Loving-kindness and compassion are the basis for wise, powerful, sometimes gentle, and sometimes fierce actions that can really make a difference - in our own lives and those of others.

And so my hope for you, good boy, as you grow taller every day, is that you will learn to take good care of yourself, and you will learn to take good care of others-and, someday, you'll see how those two things are exactly the same.

I take the greatest lesson from compassion - it takes away all the conceit out of my life.

We have so far to go to realize our human potential for compassion, altruism, and love.

Through your love for each other, through learning the art of making one person happy, you learn to express your love for the whole of humanity and all beings. Please help us develop the curriculum for the Institute for the Happiness of One Person. Don't wait until we open the school. You can begin practicing right away.

My own sense of well-being and purpose in the world. That comes from studying the world feelingly, with empathy in my work. It comes from staying alert and alive and involved in the lives of the people that I love and the people in the wider world who need my help.

When we are motivated by compassion and wisdom, the results of our actions benefit everyone, not just our individual selves or some immediate convenience. When we are able to recognize and forgive ignorant actions of the past, we gain strength to constructively solve the problems of the present.

Frequently people think compassion and love are merely sentimental. No! They are very demanding. If you are going to be compassionate, be prepared for action.

Love and compassion benefit both ourselves and others. Through kindness to others, your heart and mind will be peaceful and open.

It's your unlimited power to care and to love that can make the biggest difference in the quality of your life.

Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.

A woman not only takes her identity and individuality for granted, but knows instinctively that the only wrong is to hurt others, and that the meaning of life is love.