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"However, once one is released from the schema of competition, the need to triumph over someone disappears. One is also released from the fear that says, Maybe I will lose. And one becomes able to celebrate other people’s happiness with all one’s heart. One may become able to contribute actively to other people’s happiness."

"We cannot alter objective facts. But subjective
interpretations can be altered as much as one likes. And we are inhabitants of a subjective world."