Creating fear and respect in order to teach obedience cannot be called disciplining. True constructive disciplining takes place when love is allowed to blossom.
When a flower is still a bud, we cannot experience its beauty or fragrance. We have to wait patiently for the bud to unfold on its own. Only then can we fully experience its beauty and fragrance.
To face different situations in life with presence of mind and mental poise, first we have to train the mind.
The more you give, the more you will have, like an endless spring that flows into the well as you draw water.
Selflessness has to flourish instead of selfishness. People should stop bargaining with one another in the name of relationships. Love shouldn't be a chain of bondage, it should be the very breath of life.
If we always maintain the attitude of a beginner, every situation becomes an opportunity for us to learn.
Our efforts to remove hatred and indifference from the world begin by trying to remove them from our own mind.
Someone full of love and compassion cannot draw a line between two countries, two faiths or religions.