Giving kindness does as much good as receiving it...Kind people are healthier and live longer..

To act honestly- even at the risk of saying the unpleasant truth, or of saying no and causing distress to others- if done with intelligence and tact,….

Being kind is the simplest way to become who we really are..

Awareness by itself is not enough: it must be joined by mastery. We need gradually to develop a steering ability to keep ourselves from slipping mec….

If we could be sure of everyone and everything, trust would have no value.

Whether we are aware of it or not, every act of trust carries with it a shiver of fear. A favorable situation can become dangerous. Deep down we know….

Generosity is, by definition, disinterested..

The factors that contributed to my growth were many - finding someone who understood me, exploring the unconscious, awakening my latent love . . . bu….

Eliminate something superfluous from your life. Break a habit. Do something that makes you feel insecure..

In trusting, we let ourselves go. We know that all kinds of unexpected events may come our way. Our tension eases, our mind and our hearts open spont….

We are used to thinking in terms of what we can teach our children. Maybe we need to ask ourselves what we may learn from them..

How often-even before we began-have we declared a task 'impossible'? And how often have we construed a picture of ourselves as being inadequate?...A ….

If kindness has falseness at its base, it is no longer kindness. It is labored courtesy..

If we live in the here and now, each moment is a surprise, every instant a new wonder. But it often fails to work this way. Onto the present we super….

Psychosynthesis brings the matter to a point of extreme simplicity, seeing the self as the most elementary and distinctive part of our beings - in ot….

Something similar happens on the other side of the equation: Giving kindness does us as much good as receiving it. . . . The true benefit of kindness….

The transition from rebellion to acceptance has an extremely important consequence. . . in which we start seeing life as a training school, to teach ….

The word humility (also human) is derived from the Latin humus, meaning the soil. Perhaps this is not simply because it entails stooping and returnin….

Kindness, as we will see, has many facets. But its essence is as simple as can be. We will find that kindness is a way of making _less_ effort. It is….

Inspiration comes whenever it wants, even at the most unlikely times and in the most inappropriate situations. Often it arrives bit by bit. Therefore….

There is no choice between being kind to others, and being kind to ourselves. It is the same thing..