“Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.”
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“Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.”
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“Things are sweeter when they're lost. I know--because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly, Dot, and when I got it it turned to dust in my hand.”
― The Beautiful and Damned
― The Beautiful and Damned
“Our task must be to free ourselves... by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and it's beauty.”
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“In true love, you attain freedom.”
― True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart
― True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart
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