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The Buddhists think that, because we've all had infinite previous lives, we've all been each other's relatives. Therefore all of you, in…
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Enlightenment is not meant to be an object of religious faith. It is an evolutionary goal, something we want to become...
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The worldly person is insane from the point of view of the spiritual person.
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Whether or not enlightenment is a plausible goal for us is a vital question for our lives. If it is possible for…
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In the practice of exchanging self & other, paradoxes abound.
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The tradition of nonviolence, optimism, concern for the individual, and unconditional compassion that developed in Tibet is the culmination of a slow…
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Practice giving things away, not just things you don't care about, but things you do like. Remember, it is not the size…
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Commercial interests with their advertising industry do not want people to develop contentment and less greed. Military interests in economic, political, ethnic…
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To finish building the free society dreamed of by Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson, we must draw upon the resources of the enlightened…
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Those caught in the cycle of self-concern suffer helplessly, while the compassionate are more free and, implicitly, more happy.
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To become enlightened is not just to slip into some disconnected euphoria, an oceanic feeling of mystic oneness apart from ordinary reality.…
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Imagine a culture in which everything is geared toward helping all individuals become the best human beings they can be; in which…
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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies…
— Joseph Addison
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In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like…
— Thomas Carlyle
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In societies where mature workers are respected and where their wisdom is respected, everybody benefits. Workers are more engaged and productive. Their…
— Deepak Chopra
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In our culture we make heroes of the men who sit on top of a heap of money, and we pay attention…
— Max Lerner
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It is never for their wisdom that one loves the wisest.
— Hester Lynch Piozzi
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The true wealth of a community is measured by how carefully it listens to its women and how sincerely it values their…
— Forest Whitaker
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I think there has always been an obsession with youth and beauty. What's missing is the equal obsession with respect for…older people…and…
— Julie Christie
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Ask Elizabeth is a community of voices, it's not me standing on a podium telling people how to run their lives, it's…
— Elizabeth Berkley
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I chose Sony Classics, not just because of their practical experience, not just because of their wisdom in marketing, but mainly because…
— Arthur Cohn
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Lord, enlighten thou our enemies. Sharpen their wits, give acuteness to their perceptions, and consecutiveness and clearness to their reasoning powers: we…
— John Stuart Mill
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The founding fathers, in their wisdom, devised a method by which our republic can take one hundred of its most prominent numbskulls…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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In honesty you have to admit to a wise man that prayer is not for the wise, not for the prudent, not…
— Frederick Buechner
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