A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
-Nelson Mandela
Quotations
Heart
Each of us in our own way can try to spread compassion into people’s hearts. Western civilizations these days place great importance on filling the human ‘brain’ with knowledge, but no one seems to care about filling the human ‘heart’ with compassion.
-Dalai Lama Xiv "The XIV Dalai Lama"
If heart filled with purity, then mind found the beauty.
-Toba Beta
"Master of Stupidity"
The human heart operates from two premises: I Am Responsible and Only Love Works.
-Swami Dhyan Giten
"The Silent Whisperings of the Heart - An Introduction to Giten's Approach to Life"
Sweet be the glances we exchange, our faces showing true concord; Enshrine me in your heart and let one spirit dwell within us.
-Vedas "Atharva Veda, 7.36"
Within the lotus of the heart He dwells, where nerves meet like spokes of a wheel at its hub. Meditate on Him as Aum, Easily may you cross the sea of darkness.
-Mundaka Upanishad "Mundaka Upanishad"
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
The heart never takes the place of the head: but it can, and should obey it.
-C. S. Lewis
"The Abolition of Man"
Hearts live by being wounded.
-Oscar Wilde
Each day offers us the gift of being a special occasion if we can simply learn that as well as giving, it is blessed to receive with grace and a grateful heart.
-Sarah Ban Breathnach "Sarah Breathnach"
