Serigne Abdou Quotes & Sayings

If you approach others with the thought of compassion, that will automatically reduce fear and allow an openness with other people. It creates a positive, friendly atmosphere. With that attitude, you can approach a relationship in which you, yourself, initially create the possibility of receiving affection or a positive response from the other person. And with that attitude, even if the other person is unfriendly or doesn't respond to you in a positive way, then at least you've approached the person with a feeling of openness that gives you a certain flexibility and the freedom to change your approach as needed. — Dalai Lama XIV

Only a sweet and virtuous soul,
Like season'd timbered, never gives;
But though the whole world turn to coal,
Then chiefly lives. — George Herbert

Let us come together and think of ways India does not have to import but we export to the world. — Narendra Modi

Pregnancy is the only time in a woman's life she can help God work a miracle. — Erma Bombeck

If I have exhausted the justifications, I have reached bedrock and my spade is turned. Then I am inclined to say: 'This is simply what I do. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

Baseball serves as a good model for democracy in action: Every player is equally important and each has a chance to be a hero. — Edward Abbey