Eknath Easwaran Quotes

A mind wishing to benefit other people and other sentient beings is the very basis of peace and happiness.

Love and compassion benefit both ourselves and others. Through kindness to others, your heart and mind will be peaceful and open.

Be kind to others before you take care of yourself; make whoever you're with feel like they matter.

Concern yourselves more with the needs of others, with the needs of all humanity, and you'll have peace of mind.

Whenever you share love with others, you'll notice the peace that comes to you and to them.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.

You will begin to succeed with your life when the pains and problems of others matter to you.

Action for Happiness encourages each of us to live more compassionately and put the happiness of others at the centre of our lives. This is the path to lasting peace and happiness

The surest way of finding peace of mind is that which helps the greatest number of others to find it

Let us use love and compassion. Peace begins with a smile. Smile five times a day at someone you don't really want to smile at at all. Do it for peace.

It took cancer to realize that being self-centered is not the way to live. The answer is to try and help others.

Feel the needs of others more than your own.

The fruit of love is service. The fruit of service is peace. And peace begins with a smile.

Stop looking for peace. Give yourselves where you are. Stop looking at yourselves, look instead at your brothers and sisters in need. Ask how you can better love your brothers and sisters. Then you will find peace.

Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.

Infinite altruism is the basis of peace and happiness. If you want altruism, you must control hate and you must practice patience. The main teachers of patience are our enemies.

If indeed the qualities such as love, patience, tolerance, and forgiveness are what happiness consists in, and if it is also true that compassion, defined as concern for others, is both the source and the fruit of these qualities, then the more we are compassionate, the more we provide for our own happiness.

The truest state of humanity is that you're living for other people.

If you Desire Peace for Others, you'll Receive it.

When you SEEK HAPPINESS for yourself, it will always elude you. When you seek happiness for OTHERS, you will find it yourself.

Never be so busy as not to think of others.

If you want a kinder world, then behave with kindness; if you want a peaceful world, make peace within.

Commit no act that is contrary to love.

Learning to cherish others is the best solution to our daily problems, and it is the source of all our future happiness and good fortune.

Cultivating care and concern for others gives rise to a kind of inner strength. No matter what difficulties or problems you face, in this wider context they’ll seem less significant and troubling to you. The inner strength, self-confidence and courage you gain by focussing on others’ needs instead of your own, brings with it a deep, calm sense of satisfaction.