Cuong Lu Quotes

Suppose your beloved says she doesn’t love you anymore. If you listen only on the surface, you think she’s had enough of you and wants to leave. Of course, that makes you sad. But if you listen deeply, with all your heart, you might hear something else—that she’s suffering and her needs are not being met, perhaps her needs for attention and connection. Rather than feeling hurt or attacked and storming off, you can try harder to be deeply present at such a critical moment. If you do, you might uncover truths that neither of you realized.

I want to stop suffering, and I want you to stop suffering. We can all stop the needless killing if we slow down and take the time to understand each other. Even if you have just one more minute to live, you can live it peacefully. You can be the one to turn the tide, to help create a world where people stop killing each other, where love and happiness thrive.

I was already dead. I didn’t have a dream. I didn’t know who I was or what I was looking for. I didn’t see a future. I was lost, just trying to survive. My days were empty.

If you think you have nothing to give, it isn’t true. Be generous. No one is too poor to give.” Excerpt From: Cuong Lu. “Wait.” iBooks.

If you think you have nothing to give, it isn’t true. Be generous. No one is too poor to give.