Rereading the introduction to Oren Jay Sofer’s Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication, I was astonished by a quote from Thich Nhat Hanh. “Aware of the suffering caused by unmindful speech and the inability to listen to others, I am committed to cultivating loving speech and deep listening in order to bring joy and happiness to others and relieve others of suffering….”
Quotes
The Bud Stands for All Things
The bud stands for all things, even for those things that don’t flower, for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing; though sometimes it is necessary to reteach a thing its loveliness…. Galway Kinnell Many years ago, during one of those traumatic times life can throw at you, I read these words from Galway Kinnell’s “Saint […]
Turning Our Lives Towards Kindness Can Be Done
Turning our lives in the direction of kindness can be done… It can only bring benefit and happiness. I can do it. You can do it. ~ Sharon Salzberg Longtime Buddhist teacher, Sharon Salzberg, says the above shortly after quoting the following passage from the Buddha’s teachings. This is a sutra I’ve never heard of […]