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• Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die tomorrow.
- Mahatma Gandhi
• The love of one’s country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
- Annon
• WHAT is called sympathy, kindness, mercy, goodness, pity, compassion, gentleness, humanity, appreciation, gratefulness, service, -- in reality it is love.'
- Pir Inayat Khan
• For a spiritual practitioner, one’s enemies play a crucial role. As I see it, compassion is the essence of a spiritual life. And in order for you to become successful in practicing love and compassion, the practice of patience and tolerance is indispensable. There is no fortitude similar to patience, just as there is no affliction worse than hatred.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
• If a man is unkind and speaks cruelly, his vast wealth will not last long before perishing. Harsh language and overly severe punishment, like a keen file, grind down a king's conquering powers.
• A king's wealth wanes when, without thoughtful involvement, he lets ministers work, then furiously faults their efforts.
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