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"... The important thing is to realize the positive side and try to increase that; realize the negative side and try to reduce. That's the way."
"As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery . . . we have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace."
"Basically we are all the same human beings with the same potential to be a good human being or a bad human being."
"Compassion can be put into practice if one recognizes the fact that every human being is a member of humanity and the human family regardless of differences in religion, culture, color and creed. Deep down there is no difference."
"Each of us in our own way can try to spread compassion into people's hearts."
"From the viewpoint of absolute truth, what we feel and experience in our ordinary daily life is all delusion."
"Genuine compassion is based not on our own projections and expectations, but rather on the rights of the other: irrespective of whether another person is a close friend of an enemy, as long as that person wishes for peace and happines and wishes to overcome suffering, then on that basic we develop genuine concern for his or her problem. This is genuine compassion."
"If we can realize and meditate on ultimate truth, it will cleanse our impurities of mind and thus eradicate the sense of discrimination. This will help to create true love for one another. The search for ultimate truth is, therefore, vitally important."
"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion."
"It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance."
"My message is the practice of compassion, love, and kindness."
"Never overestimate your power to change others. In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher."
"Of all the various delusions, the sense of discrimination between oneself and others is the worst form, as it creates nothing but unpleasantness for both sides."
"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck."
"Sleep is the best meditation."
"Spend five minutes at the beginning of each day remembering we all want the same things (to be happy and be loved) and we all are connected to one another."
"The greatest obstacle to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger and attachment, fear and suspicion, while love, compassion, and a sense of universal responsibility are the sources of peace and happiness."
"The measure of a man's spiritual evolution is his acceptance of the unacceptable."
"The more we take the welfare of others to heart and work for their benefit, the more benefit we derive for ourselves. This is a fact that we can see."
"We can never obtain peace in the world if we neglect the inner world and don't make peace with ourselves. World peace must develop out of inner peace."
"Western civilizations these days place great importance on filling the human 'brain'with knowledge, but no one seems to care about filling the human 'heart' with compassion."
"What is meant...by the term 'illusion' is that phenomena do not exist independently of other phenomena, that their appearance of independent existence is illusory. This is all that is meant by 'illusion,' not that something is not really there."
"When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways -- either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our innter strength."
"I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance."