"With a basic understanding of all humans..." - Quote by Dalai Lama
With a basic understanding of all humans as brothers and sisters, we can appreciate the usefulness of different systems and ideologies that can accommodate different individuals and groups with different cultural heritages, having different dispositions and tastes. Each person has the right to choose whatever is most suitable, on the basis of a deep understanding of all others as brothers and sisters.
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“For the moment a lot of attention is given to economic concerns, and these problems at hand easily eclipse all others. But the remedies proposed for these problems all come out of outmoded ways of thinking... The remedy? Compassion. The logical feeling that we find in ourselves if we search deeply enough that has to be exercised toward all other living creatures.”
“When a problem first arises, try to remain humble and maintain a sincere attitude, and be concerned that the outcome is fair.”
“Fear, hatred, and suspicion narrow your mind - compassion opens it.”
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“He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.”
“If aught I have said is truth, that truth shall reveal itself in a clearer voice, and in words more kin to your thoughts.”
“The student is half afraid to meet one of the great philosophers face to face. He feels himself inadequate and thinks he will not understand him. But if he only knew, the great man, just because of his greatness, is much more intelligible than his modern commentator. The simplest student will be able to understand, if not all, yet a very great deal of what Plato said; but hardly anyone can understand some modern books on Platonism.”