Merlene Lear Quotes & Sayings

The essence of love and compassion is understanding, the ability to recognize the physical, material, and psychological suffering of others, to put ourselves "inside the skin" of the other. We "go inside" their body, feelings, and mental formations, and witness for ourselves their suffering. Shallow observation as an outsider is not enough to see their suffering. We must become one with the subject of our observation. When we are in contact with another's suffering, a feeling of compassion is born in us. Compassion means, literally, "to suffer with." — Nhat Hanh

I think I'm hysterical. I watch myself on tape and just roar - isn't that weird? — Roseanne Barr

Fighting fear is a full-time job. — Darius Foroux

What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice. — Ramakrishna

In all my works, light is an important controlling factor. — Tadao Ando

One nation is weakened by a victory, another finds new forces in defeat — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Are not the mountains, waves, and skies as much a part of me, as I of them? — George Gordon Byron