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Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.


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The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.



Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.



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‎"Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.



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The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds



In a world of noise, confusion and conflict it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline and peace. In such places love can blossom.

In a world of noise, confusion and conflict it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline and peace. In such places love can blossom.



People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.

People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.



Love is not a matter of getting what you want. Quite the contrary. The insistence on always having what you want, on always being satisfied, on always being fulfilled, makes love impossible.

Love is not a matter of getting what you want. Quite the contrary. The insistence on always having what you want, on always being satisfied, on always being fulfilled, makes love impossible.



Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.



It is my belief, that we should not be too sure of having found Christ in ourselves until we have found him also in that part of humanity that is most remote from our own.

It is my belief, that we should not be too sure of having found Christ in ourselves until we have found him also in that part of humanity that is most remote from our own.



The spiritual life is first of all a life. It is not merely something to be known and studied, it is to be lived.

The spiritual life is first of all a life. It is not merely something to be known and studied, it is to be lived.





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This was the perfect day of his childhood. This the day to shape the days upon.



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All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.



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"What do you think of God " the teacher asked. After a pause the young pupil replied "He's not a think he's a feel."



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The challenge is always before us. Whenever we lose sight of the principles that mattered to our founders we run into trouble.



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Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.



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Your social networks may matter more than your genetic networks. But if your friends have healthy habits you are more likely to as well. So get healthy friends.



Our way is to practice one step at a time, one breath at a time, with no gaining idea.

Our way is to practice one step at a time, one breath at a time, with no gaining idea.




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