“Initially, the positive emotions derived from cultivating our higher natures may be weak, but we can enhance them through constant familiarity, making our experiences of happiness and inner contentment far more powerful than a life abandoned to purely impulsive emotions.”
― An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life
― An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life
“It is only natural that difficulties arise if we must fight day by day in order to survive while another human being, equal to us, is effortlessly living a luxurious life. This is an unhealthy situation; as a result, even the wealthy — the billionaires and millionaires — remain in constant anxiety.”
― An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life
― An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life
“If we analyze or dissect a flower, looking for the flower among its parts, we shall not find it ... And yet, we cannot deny the existence of flowers and of their sweet scent.”
― An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life
― An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life
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