Shoghi Effendi Quotes

Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.

Compassion starts with making friends with ourselves.

How shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves?

I give myself the kindness and forgiveness I would show others.

Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves.

I've learned to take things a little more easily, to be a little more forgiving of myself.

Love yourself-accept yourself-forgive yourself-and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.

You accept certain unlovely things about yourself and manage to live with them. The atonement for such an acceptance is that you make allowances for others - that you cleanse yourself of the sin of self-righteousness.

There is someone I accept even though I do not approve of all he does...and that someone is me

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

Be patient with yourself even when you make mistakes.

Compassion directed to oneself is humility.

We can’t practice compassion with other people if we can’t treat ourselves kindly.

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.

My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.

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

The older I've got, the easier I've found it to accept myself. I think I've finally learnt not to beat myself up so much.

As I get older, the more I stay focused on the acceptance of myself and others, and choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear.

To my younger self, I would say not to be so hard on yourself. I think that you are your biggest critic.

Forgiveness for one's self is the only way we can keep going through life and give ourselves the best chance at being the best people we can be.

Forgiving yourself will help with giving yourself strength.

Learning to love yourself is not going to happen overnight - the first step is trying to be kinder and more patient with yourself, and I understand that it takes time.

As you get older, it's always a process of self-love, learning how to really do that for yourself instead of trying to find it outside yourself.

We have a tendency to want the other person to be a finished product while we give ourselves the grace to evolve.

Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.