"If we can manage to refrain from..." - Quote by Dalai Lama
If we can manage to refrain from harming others in our everyday actions and words, we can start to give more serious attention to actively doing good, and this can be a source of great joy and inner confidence. We can benefit others through our actions by being warm and generous toward them, by being charitable, and by helping those in need.
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“When young we have a vivid sense of basic values like trust and warm-heartedness, which we tend to neglect in today's competitive world as we grow up, yet from birth we all have a need for affection. The emotions we experience today have not changed much over the last few thousand years, but the interest increasing numbers of people are showing in their inner world and how their emotions work is a sign of maturity.”
“The practice of love can be expressed in one sentence: 'Do not harm others.'”
“Even modern medical researchers have come to the conclusion that peace of mind is vital for good health.”
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“Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.”
“He presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown. He enriches me without impoverishing himself.”
“Take more pleasure in giving what is best to another than in having it for yourself, and then all the world will love you.”