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"Awareness levels the playing field. We are all humans doing the best we can."
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"The victory of the ignorant masses always means a temporary backward movement in the progression of humanity!"

"Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity."

"Murphy watched me thoughtfully for several empty seconds. Then she said, very gently, "You're a good man, Harry."I swallowed and bowed my head, made humble by the tone of her voice and the expression on her face, more than the words themselves.Not always rational," she said, smiling. "But you're the best kind of crazy."

"A poet warrior realizes both the brutality and the beauty in life, and apprehends that the suffering we tragically endure is partly what makes us human. What also makes us human is the ability to love, the ability to stand in nature's presence, and to nurture this earthly paradise to tend to our family's needs."

"Instead of narrowing our allegiances to only include our favored nation, let us sing an anthem to the marvelous human being."

"We are creatures taken seriously by the Earth, because we can severely affect the fate of the Earth, but we are in no way taken seriously by the Universe yet!"

"Humility is one of the best expressions of self respect."
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"Everyone we interact with has the capacity to surprise us in an infinite number of ways. What can first open us up to each of our innate capacities for love is merely to recognize that."

"Being happy at work is possible for all of us, anytime & anywhere, with open eyes and a caring heart."

"We are all too often told by someone that we are too old, too young, too different, too much the same, and those comments can be devastating."

"To celebrate someone else's life, we need to find a way to look at it straight on, not from above with judgment or from below with envy."

"Like water poured from one vessel to another, metta flows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence."

"Any time we find ourselves relying on the ideas of an absolute, frozen state of right and wrong-or fairness versus unfairness-that we are used to, we can compare the habit to distraction during meditation."

"Paying attention to the ethical implications of our choices has never been more pressing-or more complicated-than it is today."
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