If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.

In the small matters trust the mind, in the large ones the heart.

No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.

Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that listens.

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.

As long as I live, I’ll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I’ll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche. I’ll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, and get as near the heart of the world as I can.

When someone is in your heart, they’re never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times.

There’s this brutal imperial power, that my passport says I represent. But it will never represent where my heart lives, only vaguely where it went.

Sometimes it’s better to be kind than to be right. We do not need an intelligent mind that speaks, but a patient heart that listens. You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

I will greet this day with love in my heart. And how will I do this? Henceforth will I look on all things with love and be born again. I will love the sun for it warms my bones; yet I will love the rain for it cleanses my spirit. I will love the light for it shows me the way; yet I will love the darkness for it shows me the stars. I will welcome happiness as it enlarges my heart; yet I will endure sadness for it opens my soul. I will acknowledge rewards for they are my due; yet I will welcome obstacles for they are my challenge.

When I look back on my past and think how much time I wasted on nothing, how much time has been lost in futilities, errors, laziness, incapacity to live; how little I appreciated it, how many times I sinned against my heart and soul-then my heart bleeds. Life is a gift, life is happiness, every minute can be an eternity of happiness.

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends.

The thankful heart opens our eyes to a multitude of blessings that continually surround us.

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

The heart is a thousand stringed instrument that can only be tuned with love.

Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.

We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and — in spite of True Romance magazines — we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely — at least, not all the time — but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don’t see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness.

How sad, a heart that
does not know how to love, that
does not know what it is to be drunk with love.
If you are not in love, how can you enjoy
the blinding light of the sun,
the soft light of the moon?

The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.

Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth.

The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.

You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.

It’s beauty that captures your attention. Personality which captures your heart.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.

Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.

The sun shines not on us but in us. The rivers flow not past, but through us. Thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing. The trees wave and the flowers bloom in our bodies as well as our souls, and every bird song, wind song, and tremendous storm song of the rocks in the heart of the mountains is our song, our very own, and sings our love.

A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.