To be kind to those who have come from afar, to those who have been ill for a long time, or to our parents in their old age, is equivalent to meditating on emptiness of which compassion is the very essence.

Atisha

quoted in the book Words of My Perfect Teacher

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Further quotes from the book Words of My Perfect Teacher:

• May we realize the natural state
• Bright moon
• May our minds mingle with the Dharma
• Aspiration for renunciation
• The result of learning, contemplation, and meditation
• The Three Defects when listening to the Dharma
• Even the smallest amounts of merit
• Motivated by ordinary concerns
• Arousing Bodhicitta
• Diligence
• At your feet I bow
• Actions arising from anger
• Discovering Dharma
• Peerless Teacher, at your feet I bow
• The Six Paramitas
• Impermanence is everywhere
• No Life Guarantee
• Remembering impermanence
• The need to follow a spiritual teacher