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"Poems and songs penned as an unstoppable outpouring of the heart take on a life of their own. They transcend the limits of nationality and time as they pass from person to person, from one heart to another."
""Those who give up dreams, do injury to their own hearts and cannot possibly enjoy a profound sense of fulfillment in the end."
"The reactions of the human heart are not mechanical and predictable but infinitely subtle and delicate."
"Music speaks directly to the heart. This response, this echo within the heart, is proof that human hearts can transcend the barriers of time and space and nationality. Exchanges in the field of culture can play an important role in enabling people to overcome mistrust and prejudice and build peace."
"But I believe we must not allow feelings of defeat to take root in our hearts."
"My belief is that the various religious traditions have great potential to increase compassion, the sense of caring for one another, and the spirit of reconciliation. However, I believe that a human being, without religious faith, can be a very good person - sincere, a good heart, having a sense of concern for others - without belief in a particular religious faith."
"A generous heart and wholesome actions lead to greater peace."
"All religion teaches the virtues of love, altruism and patience, while showing us how to discipline and transform ourselves to achieve inner peace and a kind heart. Therefore, they are worthy of our respect."
"Once your mind is calm and full of love, there is no room for hatred or fear. Others will trust you because of your open heart."
"Ultimately, the decision to save the environment must come from the human heart. The key point is a call for a genuine sense of universal responsibility that is based on love, compassion and clear awareness."
"Misunderstanding may arise by confusing the Buddhist and scientific definitions of death. Within the scientific system you spoke quite validly of the death of the brain and the death of heart. Different parts of the body can die separately. However, in the Buddhist system, the word death is not used in that way. You'd never speak of the death of a particular part of the body, but rather of the death of an entire person. When people say that a certain person died, we don't ask, "Well, which part died?""
"My hope and wish is that one day, formal education will pay attention to what I call 'education of the heart'."
"My religion is kindness. A good mind, a good heart, warm feelings these are the most important things."
"Logically, harmony must come from the heart... Harmony very much based on trust. As soon as use force, creates fear. Fear and trust cannot go together."
"The essence of any religion is good heart. Sometimes I call love and compassion a universal religion. This is my religion."
"Responsibility - moral responsibilities, responsibilities regarding society - these are things that come from the heart."
"It is my fundamental conviction that compassion - the natural capacity of the human heart to feel concern for and connection with another human being - constitutes a basic aspect of our nature shared by all human beings, as well as being the foundation of our happiness. All ethical teachings, whether religious or nonreligious, aim to nurture this innate and precious quality, to develop it and to perfect it."
"Genuine harmony must come from the heart. It cannot come from the barrel of a gun."
"All religions are essentially the same in their goal of developing a good human heart so that we may become better human beings."
"The antidote to hatred in the heart, the source of violence, is tolerance."
