"In recent years our knowledge of modern technology has increased considerably, and as a result we have witnessed remarkable material progress, but there has not been a corresponding increase in human happiness. There is no less suffering in the world today, and there are no fewer problems. Indeed, it might be said that there are now more problems and greater dangers than ever before."

-- Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

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“There is no simple answer to what I think.”
“Only the Dead stay seventeen forever.”
“But then I had long mistaken being spoiled for being strong, being defiant for being independent, being reckless for being brave.”

Source : Tami Hoag (2002). “Dark Horse”, p.34, Bantam
“it's much better to do good in a way that no one knows anything about it.”
“Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection; to have been caught kissing my mother would have been a disgrace, and to have shown affection for my father would have been a disaster.”
“Take the risk and do whatever you can do and try not to get caught. If you do get caught, do it again.”
“La veÂ riteÂ , comme la lumie'Â re, aveugle. Le mensonge, au contraire, est un beau creÂ puscule qui met chaque objet en valeur. Truth, like light, blinds. A lie, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight which shows the value of each object.”
“My mother says that pain is hidden in everyone you see. She says try to imagine it like big bunches of flowers that everyone is carrying around with them. Think of your pain like a big bunch of red roses, a beautiful thorn necklace. Everyone has one.”

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