"When something needs to be done in..." - Quote by Dalai Lama
When something needs to be done in the world to rectify the wrongs, if one is really concerned with benefiting others, one needs to be engaged, involved. This is action out of compassion.
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“Moving towards better rather than moving away from bad is an attitude of embracing life rather than rejecting it.”
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“Surely there is no road of effort so steep but a loving deed may soften its hardshness.”
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“Do what nature now requires. Set thyself in motion, if it is in thy power, and do not look about thee to see if any one will observe it; nor yet expect Plato's Republic: but be content if the smallest thing goes on well, and consider such an event to be no small matter.”
“A man should remove not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for then superfluous activity will not follow.”
“Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.”