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Basically, a human being is a social animal. So, if you create some short moment of happiness for people, you get deep satisfaction.

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We are social animals. Others' suffering is ultimately your suffering; their happiness is ultimately your happiness.

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Material objects give rise to physical happiness, while spiritual development gives rise to mental happiness. Since we experience both physical and mental happiness, we need both material and spiritual development. This is why, for our own good and that of society we need to balance material progress with inner development.

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Compassion and love is the source of external and internal peace and is also the root of racial survival.

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Overcoming negative tendencies and enhancing positive potential are the very essence of the spiritual path.

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Disagreement is something normal.

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Forgiveness is the most effective way of dealing with arguments; altruism and forgiveness bring humanity together so that no conflict, however serious, will go beyond the bounds of what is truly human.

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On those days when I can spend a few hours getting some understanding, I feel fulfilled. I feel as if I have made good use of my time.

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I always have the feeling that I'm just another human being.

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As long as we observe love for others and respect for their rights and dignity in our daily lives, then whether we are learned or unlearned, whether we believe in the Buddha or God, follow some religion or none at all, as long as we have compassion for others and conduct ourselves with restraint out of a sense of responsibility, there is no doubt we will be happy.

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Meditation may also be thought of as a technique by which we diminish the force of old thought habits and develop new ones.

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A learned person will become noble only when he or she has put into real practice what has been learned, instead of mere words.

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Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness .

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If you shift your focus from yourself to others, extend your concern to others, and cultivate the thought of caring for the well being of others, then this will have the immediate effect of opening up your life and helping you to reach out.

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Like a lamp, dispelling the darkness of ignorance

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We discover that all human beings are just like us, so we are able to relate to them more easily. That generates a spirit of friendship in which there is less need to hide what we feel or what we are doing.

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First one must change. I first watch myself, check myself, then expect changes from others.

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We can solve many problems in an appropriate way, without any difficulty, if we cultivate harmony, friendship and respect for one another.

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One thing I want to make clear, as far as my own rebirth is concerned, the final authority is myself and no one else, and obviously not China's Communists.

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We need to make material progress, but we need inner development too ... remember that the real development we seek is not in the buildings but in our hearts and minds.

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