Compassion should be unbiased and based on the recognition that others have the right to happiness, just like you.
Dalai LamaThe deep root of failure in our lives is to think, 'Oh how useless and powerless I am.' It is essential to think strongly and forcefully, 'I can do it,' without boasting or fretting.
Dalai LamaIt is in everybody's interest to seek those [actions] that lead to happiness and avoid those which lead to suffering. And because our interests are inextricably linked, we are compelled to accept ethics as the indispensable interface between my desire to be happy and yours.
Dalai LamaToday we understand that the future of humanity very much depends on our planet, and that the future of the planet very much depends on humanity.
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