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Heart Quotes

The various features and aspects of human life, such as longevity, good health, success, happiness, and so forth, which we consider desirable, are all dependent on kindness and a good heart.


The true essence of humankind is kindness. There are other qualities which come from education or knowledge, but it is essential, if one wishes to be a genuine human being and impart satisfying meaning to one's existence, to have a good heart.


I believe that whether a person follows any religion or not is unimportant, he or she must have a good heart, a warm heart.


It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.


At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of right.


A knight whose heart is set upon the Way, but who is ashamed of wearing shabby clothes and eating coarse food, is not worth calling into counsel.


At fifteen my heart was set on learning; at thirty I stood firm; at forty I had no more doubts; at fifty I knew the will of heaven; at sixty my ear was obedient; at seventy I could follow my heart's desire without overstepping the boundaries of what was right.


A heart full of love and compassion is the main source of inner strength, willpower, happiness, and mental tranquility.


There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.


Words are the voice of the heart.


An open heart is an open mind.


A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.


True goodness springs from a man's own heart. All men are born good.


Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.


If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?


Unity must be of the mind and heart, a sense of belonging together and of facing together those who attack it.


But to show you my heart fully, my friends: if there were gods, how could I bear to be not a god! Therefore, there are no gods.


One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.


The 'kingdom of Heaven' is a condition of the heart - not something that comes 'upon the earth' or 'after death'.


The 'kingdom of God' is not something one waits for; it has no yesterday or tomorrow, it does not come 'in a thousand years' it is an experience within a heart; it is everywhere, it is nowhere.