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"There are times you find yourself standing by the wayside, watching as someone struggles to dig a well with a spoon, and you wish with all your heart you had arms and a shovel."
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"A merciful heart beats contently stronger than many vengeful ones."
"I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water."
"What is the nature of the worldly life (sansar)? God lives in every living being of the world, that means if you oppress any living being or cause misery to them, then adharma (unrighteousness, irreligion) will occur. The result (effect) of adharma will be against your desires and the result of dharma (righteousness, religion) will be favorable to your desires."
"Be compassionate ... and take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be a better place."
"I call him religious who understands the suffering of others."
"Never underestimate the pains of others but consider yourself lucky."
"Two things put me in the spirit to give. One is that I have come to think of everyone with whom I come into contast as a patient in the emergency room. I see a lot of gaping wounds and dazed expressions. Or, as Marianne Moore put it, "The world's an orphan's home." And this feels more true than almost anything else I know. But so many of us can be soothed by writing: think of how many times you have opened a book, read one line, and said, "Yes!" And I want to give people that feeling, too, of connection, communication."
"It's hard to know what's right in this life,' she said. 'We do what we can, but what we really need is mercy. Do you know who taught me that?' A grin. 'You."
"Donate your blood from your heart to save life. Life will donate you hearts full of love, blood and contentment in return."
"Be kind, for the other is not another, but your mirrored kine."
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"Often we withhold our affections, waiting first for love to be extended to us. The irony is that we are loved for loving."
"Act like you care. Pray like you care. Speak, smile, reach out, and live like you care. The point is to make sure those in your life know beyond doubt that you do care."
"All human beings wield influence-a powerful sword granted at birth. Wield your sword with care."
"The only thing you can justifiably claim that life owes you is an equal measure of what you have given out. And even that is debatable."
"World peace, true love, and happily-ever-afters amount to wasted wishes, failed endeavors, and most precious dreams."
"A picture may be worth a thousand words, but those well-arranged words are worth a multi-million-dollar motion picture."
"Turn around. you've got grass and dead flowers. My fingers naturally began to comb through my long, black strands, shaking things loose as Sarti carefully removed more stubborn pieces. The flowers had been left over from my forced marriage to Thaddeus. The grass, from a sensual night with Kresh the eve of my honeymoon. Devilish irony."
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