You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

We must each lead a way of life with self-awareness and compassion, to do as much as we can. Then, whatever happens we will have no regrets.

My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.

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

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

One drop of your kindness makes the ocean sweet.

To be able to practice five things everywhere under the heaven constitutes perfect virtue. . . gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

Every moment is made glorious by the light of love.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.

From this arises the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps be answered that we should wish to be both: but since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

But all my life through, the very insistence on truth has taught me to appreciate the beauty of compromise.

The better you are at communicating negotiating, and handling your fear of rejection, the easier life is.

Without properly kept accounts it is impossible to maintain truth in its pristine purity.

We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance between chaos and community.

We don't point a pistol at our own forehead. That is not the way to conduct negotiations.

My experience has shown me that we win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party.