"Be gentle with the earth."
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"I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance."
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"According to my own experience, the highest level of inner calm comes from the development of love and compassion. The more concerned we are with the happiness of others, the more we increase our own well-being. Friendliness and warmth towards others allow us to relax and help us to dispel any sense of fear or insecurity so we can overcome whatever obstacles we face."
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"The real troublemakers are anger, jealousy, impatience, and hatred. With them, problems cannot be solved. Though we may have temporary success, ultimately our hatred or anger will create futher difficulties. Anger makes for swift solutions. Yet, when we face problems with compassion, sincerity, and good motivation, our solutions may take longer, but ultimately they are better."
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"Anger, hatred and jealousy never solve problems, only affection, concern and respect can do that."
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"An open heart is an open mind."
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"I feel that compassionate thought is the most precious thing there is. It is something that only we human beings can develop. And if we have a good heart, a warm heart, warm feelings, we will be happy and satisfied ourselves, and our friends will experience a friendly and peaceful atmosphere as well. This can be experienced community to community, country to country, continent to continent."
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"Some people, sweet and attractive, and strong and healthy, happen to die young. They are masters in disguise teaching us about impermanence."
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"Without love we could not survive. Human beings are social creatures, and a concern for each other is the very basis of our life together."
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"We don’t need more money, we don’t need greater success or fame, we don’t need the perfect body or even the perfect mate-right now, at this very moment, we have a mind, which is all the basic equipment we need to achieve complete happiness."
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"Go at least once a year to a place you've never been before."
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"When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others."
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"I'd rather be kind than right. You can always be kind."
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"Other human beings have a right to peace and happiness that is equal to our own; therefore we have a responsibility to help those in need."
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"I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe."
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"When I meet people from other cultures I know that they too want happiness and do not want suffering, this allows me to see them as brothers and sisters."
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"Everything you do has some effect, some impact."
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"We forget that despite the superficial differences between us, people are equal in their basic wish for peace and happiness."
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"Religion is like going out to dinner with friends. Everyone may order something different, but everyone can still sit at the same table."
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"The more we think of others, the happier we are. The more we think of ourselves, the more suffering we feel."
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