When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.
Orchid
Genuine compassion must have both wisdom and loving kindness. That is to say, one must understand the nature of suffering from which we wish to free others (this is wisdom), and one must experience deep
Intimacy and empathy with other sentient beings (this is living kindness).
~ Dalai Lama (The Heart Sutra)
Forest Caterpillar
True change is within, leave the outside as it is.
~ Dalai Lama
yellow petals
Silence is sometimes the best answer.
~ Dalai Lama
