"Each of us has the potential to..." - Quote by Dalai Lama
Each of us has the potential to contribute... You have a great opportunity to make a new shape of the world.
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“Someone else's action should not determine your response.”
“Many people today agree that we need to reduce violence in our society. If we are truly serious about this, we must deal with the roots of violence, particularly those that exist within each of us. We need to embrace 'inner disarmament,' reducing our own emotions of suspicion, hatred and hostility toward our brothers and sisters”
“It is my fundamental conviction that compassion - the natural capacity of the human heart to feel concern for and connection with another human being - constitutes a basic aspect of our nature shared by all human beings, as well as being the foundation of our happiness. All ethical teachings, whether religious or nonreligious, aim to nurture this innate and precious quality, to develop it and to perfect it.”
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“Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.”
“opened the door a crack wide enough for the entire world to pass through .”
“To measure up to all that is demanded of him, a man must overestimate his capacities”
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“The critical question is not "How can I achieve?" but "What can I contribute?"”
“I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That's no contribution to society. [Tennis] was purely selfish; that was for me.”
“The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little.”