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“What we can see is limited, what we can hear is finite – if we only depend on what we can see with our eyes and hear with our ears without utilizing logic and reasoning to explore the world, it’s as if our lives are trapped, locked in our own reality.”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“If we do acts of kindness and are attentive of others when possible, this will become a habit with time.
Eventually –
With little effort –
we will instinctively understand what others need.”
― Zhen-Ru

“Everyone has potential – because of impermanence everyone can change.”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“Warriors of constant defeat, though we fall
we always rise again.”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“Though you've been hurt, you still have the right to be happy. This right belongs to you and you alone, no one can take it away.”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“All human beings and even animals hope to live in a compassionate atmosphere—
Nobody wants to live in an indifferent world.

So why don’t we create compassion! Create gratitude! Create forgiveness! Let’s enthusiastically create a world full of these beautiful qualities. Let’s rise to this responsibility!”
― Zhen-Ru

“Language – our thoughts in flight connected one after the other. Where our intentions lie our words soon follow leading us there. Where our thoughts fly our life soon follows.”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“What is the best antidote for conflict?
Compassion.”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“A compassionate heart is a happy heart, for when we are compassionate to others we will feel a deep sense of contentment.”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“Failure is just a feeling.

Overcoming it again and again is the hero’s emblem.

Staying in hardship’s mire is also a choice.

The decision is ours.”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“Anxiety will make problems more complicated, even causing them to spread like disasters.
When we are facing a difficult situation we must first keep calm before observing how to overcome it.”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“Our kind thoughts although small, though light, endlessly rising and rising, will, too, envelop our mind, creating a purely kind heart, a purely kind world.”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“Living in buildings of concrete and metal,
with a computer as our partner,
do not forget nature's fresh air and warm sunlight--
they will comfort our heart.
Come outside.
Walk.”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“If we notice ourselves replaying a tragedy, quickly – stop! Change the channel, start a voyage of joy and kindness. A wonderful destination or a dreadful one is your heart’s prerogative.”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“Our day is an empty basket. We must carefully select what we place inside. If we place an assortment of fresh flowers, then we carry a basket of gentle sweetness.”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“When our heart is filled with other people, we will naturally think about sharing our warmth and love.”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“As we help one another we see our worth reflected in other people’s life. This sense of worth can turn us away from road to ruin because as soon as we realize
I am worthwhile
we will not choose to destroy ourselves – we will choose to love ourselves.”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“It is not others' understanding or comfort that is the basis for our happiness.
Instead, it is the love within our own heart that is the springboard for our joy.”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“If we use a proactive attitude to face the challenges before us, though it feels impossible, this could be our moment to surpass our limitations, spread our wings and soar!”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“Even if I am only a firefly, beaming a little light, I aspire to shine upon others’ paths, so that in their hearts they see their paths, knowing what to follow and what to forsake.”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“With elevated wisdom, we naturally know how to solve the problem at hand.”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“Overcoming the anger within
is so much easier than changing others!
The moment we start on this path
we open the door to happiness, and
walk further and further from the curse of anger.”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“Searching for things that inspire elation allows us to effervesce with great joy each day.
Discover others’ kindness, discover your own—
doing so will bring wondrous joy!”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“Time, like the wind, rushes past us.
How many days do we still have together?
Let us not leave too many regrets,
let us leave gratitude instead.”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“The larger our heart, the larger our world.”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“In the most intolerable times
enduring,
striving,
refusing to cower to negative karma –
non-virtuous actions of the body, speech and mind – this is the practitioner’s greatest victory.”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“Don’t wait, don’t find excuses, because the time to act is now!”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light

“The power to feel joy is always within us,
because joy is a skill we can cultivate and practice!”
― Zhen-Ru, Kindling Hope: Daily Passages from Darkness into Light