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:

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