When we are motivated by compassion and wisdom, the results of our actions benefit everyone, not just our individual selves.
Dalai LamaThe mind must be developed by you alone. There is no way for others to do the work and for you to reap the results. Reading someone else's blueprint of mental progress will not transfer its realizations to you. You have to develop them yourself.
Dalai LamaLooking at various means of developing compassion, I think empathy is an important factor: the ability to appreciate others' suffering.
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