If with uncorrupted mind you feel good will for even one being, you become skilled from that. But a Noble One produces a mind of sympathy for all beings, an abundance of merit.
So long as the love, even the smallest, of man toward woman is not destroyed, so long is his mind in bondage as the calf that drinks milk is to its mother.
We will develop and cultivate the liberation of mind by loving kindness, make it our vehicle, make it our basis, stabilize it, exercise ourselves in it, and fully perfect it.
All experiences are preceded by mind, having mind as their master, created by mind.
There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires.
Whatever living beings there may be-feeble or strong, long, stout or of medium size, short, small, large, those seen or those unseen, those dwelling far or near, those who are born as well as those yet to be born-may all beings have happy minds.
If you meditate earnestly, pure in mind and kind in deeds, leading a disciplined life in harmony with the dharma, you will grow in glory. If you meditate earnestly, through spiritual disciplines you can make an island for yourself that no flood can overwhelm.
Train your eyes and ears; train your nose and tongue. The senses are good friends when they are trained. Train your body in deeds, train your tongue in words, train your mind in thoughts. This training will take you beyond sorrow.
There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.
He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.
Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.
The openness of our hearts and minds can be measured by how wide we draw the circle of what we call family.
I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.
To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.
Man is oftentimes weak-minded enough to be caught in the snare of greed and honeyed words.
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.
The first thing I do in the morning is to make my bed and while I am making up my bed I am making up my mind as to what kind of a day I am going to have.
All thought is a feat of association; having what's in front of you bring up something in your mind that you almost didn't know you knew.
The mind-is not the heart. I may yet live, as I know others live, To wish in vain to let go with the mind- Of cares, at night, to sleep; but nothing tells me That I need learn to let go with the heart.
