"The point of life is happiness."
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"The universe is a single atom: the convergence of science and spirituality."
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"Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively."
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"From a certain point of view our real enemy, the true troublemaker, is inside."
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"The world will be saved by the western woman."
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"Inner peace is the key: if you have inner peace, the external problems do not affect your deep sense of peace and tranquility... Without this inner peace, no matter how comfortable your life is materially, you may still be worried, disturbed or unhappy because of circumstances."
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"Compassion is the wish for another being to be free from suffering; love is wanting them to have happiness."
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"Smile if you want a smile from another face."
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"By deceiving one another through false assumptions and misrepresentations there has been, in reality, a great lapse and delay in achieving the real goals."
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"Genuine happiness consists in those spiritual qualities of love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness and so on. For it is these which provide both for our happiness and others happiness."
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"There are two kinds of satisfaction or happiness: one mainly through mental peace; another physical comfort"
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"You have to start giving first and expect absolutely nothing."
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"Every single being, even those who are hostile to us, is just as afraid of suffering as we are, and seeks happiness in the same way we do. Every person has the same right as we do to be happy and not to suffer. So let's take care of others wholeheartedly, of both our friends and our enemies. This is the basis for true compassion."
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"If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another."
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"Forget the failures. Keep the lessons."
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"The wiser course is to think of others when pursuing our own happiness."
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"You must not hate those who do wrong or harmful things; but with compassion, you must do what you can to stop them — for they are harming themselves, as well as those who suffer from their actions."
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"The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being."
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"Dangerous consequences will follow when politicians and rulers forget moral principles. Whether we believe in God or karma, ethics is the foundation of every religion."
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"Open your arms to change but don't let go of your values."
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