Matthieu Ricard Quotes

Working to spare animals the immense suffering they undergo does not diminish by one iota my determination to alleviate human misery. Needless suffering must be done away with wherever it is, in whatever form it takes. This is a war that has to be waged on all fronts, and it can be.

Matthieu Ricard

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• It is not only our duty but our moral obligation to break from the oppression of debt. We must rise above the political considerations and do what is right for the future of our nation.

  

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• It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.

  

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• When I was young, no one got married. Now, all the young people, they want to get married, they want security. Now that my children's friends are getting married, I go to more weddings than I ever did when I was young.

  

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• Everything we did was criticized. For about thirty years we lived with the world against us, accusing us of things we didn't do!

  

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• I'd love to have our trains, our subway cars and our taxis built right here in New York City. You can create 40,000 living wage jobs... the city's contracting power is huge.

  

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• My children are the reason I laugh, smile and want to get up every morning.

  

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• Working to spare animals the immense suffering they undergo does not diminish by one iota my determination to alleviate human misery. Needless suffering must be done away with wherever it is, in whatever form it takes. This is a war that has to be waged on all fronts, and it can be.

  

  Matthieu Ricard
  • Done
  • War
  • Suffering