The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.
ConfuciusAnd now here is my secret a very simple secret, it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyEvery heart sings a song incomplete until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover everyone becomes a poet.
PlatoWhat light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.
Robert Green IngersollLive as brave men, and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
Marcus Tullius CiceroIn all the world there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world there is no love for you like mine.
Maya AngelouGreat hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThere is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
Jane AustenThe heart of marriage is memories, and if the two of you happen to have the same ones and can savor your reruns, then your marriage is a gift from the gods.
Bill CosbyA nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.
Mahatma GandhiThe way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.
BuddhaI would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.
Mahatma GandhiWhen people do not respect us we are sharply offended, yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.
Mark TwainWords are the voice of the heart
ConfuciusThe spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
Mahatma GandhiWhen you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
Mark TwainWords, words, mere words, no matter from the heart.
William ShakespeareI answer the heroic question "Death where is they sting?" with "It is here in my heart and mind and memories."
Maya AngelouMy birthday is the date when divinity blossoms in your heart.
Sai BabaA torn jacket is soon mended, but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowWhen you work, you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?
Kahlil GibranEvery heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully, has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world and bettered the tradition of mankind.
Robert Louis StevensonIt is not the broken heart that kills, but broken pride, monseigneur.
Gilbert ParkerEducation softens the heart. If the heart is hard one cannot claim to be educated.
Sai BabaThere is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
Saint AugustineSome critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon.
Maya AngelouObama and his attack dogs have nothing but hate and anger in their hearts and spew it whenever possible.
Donald TrumpI was thinking about that, about the journeys in the film, journey to the roots, journey to the heart. We're all on journeys.
Maya AngelouWhen you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow, that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful, look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
Kahlil GibranReligion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
Mahatma GandhiIf you look into your own heart and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?
ConfuciusLet us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So spread your love everywhere you go.
Mother TeresaSpeak tenderly; let there be kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile, in the warmth of your greeting. Always have a cheerful smile. Don't only give your care, but give your heart as well.
Mother TeresaBeauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
Kahlil GibranEducating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all
AristotleA heart well prepared for adversity, in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
HoraceIn prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
Mahatma GandhiShe's a big-hearted girl with hips to match.
Henny YoungmanI investigate things to complete my knowledge, my complete knowledge makes my thoughts sincere, my thoughts being sincere, my heart is pure.
ConfuciusBefore the throne of the Almighty man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
Mahatma GandhiIt is better to be violent if there is violence in our hearts than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
Mahatma GandhiTherefore trust to thy heart and to what the world calls illusions.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowI think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.
Theodore RooseveltLove is said to be blind but I know some fellows in love who can see twice as much in their sweethearts as I do.
Josh BillingsBelieve that all hearts are motivated by the one and Only God - that all faiths glorify the One and the Only God, that all names in all languages and all Forms men can conceive denote the One and Only God.
Sai BabaThe "kingdom of Heaven" is a condition of the heart - not something that comes "upon the earth" or "after death."
Friedrich NietzscheThere never was any heart truly great and generous that was not also tender and compassionate.
Robert FrostThe mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.
VoltaireYour work is going to fill a large part of your life and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart you'll know when you find it.
Steve JobsA good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts not on marble.
Charles SpurgeonThe mind is always the patsy of the heart.
Francois de La RochefoucauldOur relationships are heart to heart relationships. Ours is a business of love not a business of money or materials.
Sai BabaHateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.
HomerLove has features which pierce all hearts he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings he comes quickly and flies away the same.
VoltaireYet taught by time my heart has learned to glow for other's good and melt at other's woe.
HomerShe felt the loss of Willoughby's character yet more heavily than she had felt the loss of his heart.
Jane Austen[But the strongest reason he gave for discounting the results of the B-sample tests from France was heartfelt and honest and totally typical of the iconic cancer survivor.] A guy who comes back from arguably you know a death sentence ... Why would I then enter into a sport and dope myself up and risk my life again? That's crazy. I would never do that. No. No way.
Lance ArmstrongInstead of focusing on the external characteristics of others you focus on their inner feelings particularly as it is reflected in their behavior and expressions. You gauge the thoughts in another's mind and the feelings in their hearts by carefully watching what they say and do. When you have this kind of vision you become concerned primarily with the deeper feelings and motivations of the other person
Sai BabaBefore we set our hearts too much upon anything let us examine how happy they are who already possess it.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWhen heart speaks to heart it is love that is transmitted.
Sai BabaThere is no discipline equal to service to smother the ego and to fill the heart with genuine joy. To condemn service as demeaning and inferior is to forego these benefits.
Sai BabaWhen one sings alone the heart is merged in the song. But when many sing together it acquires a Divine power.
Sai BabaFor one whose heart melts with compassion for all creatures, what is the necessity of knowledge, liberation matted hair on the head and smearing the body with ashes.
ChanakyaThe beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes because that is the doorway to her heart the place where love resides.
Audrey HepburnGod wears Truth the good seek Truth and the bad are rescued by Truth, Truth liberates, Truth is power, Truth is freedom. It is the lamp that illuminates the heart and dispels doubt and darkness.
Sai BabaI don't know why I do it. You know dresses and wear lipstick. Gives me some sort of comfort. Some kind of satisfaction. And people call me a queer for it. Since I was eleven. But that's alright. I'm not so new to ridicule. Out of all things I hate rape and perversion. Rape the action perversion the words. Maybe some people just don't have a heart.
Kurt CobainWhat is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music.
Soren KierkegaardLove has its own instinct finding the way to the heart as the feeblest insect finds the way to its flower with a will which nothing can dismay nor turn aside.
Honore de BalzacCultivate the heart to raise a harvest of Truth Righteousness Peace and Love This crop has to be raised in your heart and should be shared with others.
Sai BabaWhat is uttered from the heart alone Will win the hearts of others to your own.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheLeftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart.
Thomas FullerGreat thoughts and a pure heart that is what we should ask from God.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheDo not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAnd fill your hearts with love and selflessness.
Sai BabaThere are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.
AeschylusThe cure that Baba has given us for this malady is service. Service slowly and steadily broadens one's heart bringing with it an unexpected feeling of happiness and it begins to transform the community around us as well.
Sai BabaNo temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it
James AllenIf a man will understand how intimately yea how inseparably self-control and happiness are associated he has but to look into his own heart and upon the world around ...Looking upon the lives of men and women he will perceive how the hasty word the bitter retort the act of deception the blind prejudice and foolish resentment bring wretchedness and even ruin in their train.
James AllenWOMEN preserve the culture of this country with greater tenacity and faith. They keep men on the moral path and inspire them to follow spiritual discipline. Their hearts are tender and full of compassion for the hungry and the distressed. That is why in this land women are adored and revered.
Sai BabaFor the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease, he is burdened with his own sorrow and groans on seeing another's happiness.
AeschylusI cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it friends make life a lot more fun.
Charles R. Swindoll