Sarah MacLean Quotes
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Let us democratise knowledge. Let us universalise justice. Together, let us globalise compassion!
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There is something akin to freedom in having a lover who has no control over you, except that which he gains by kindness and attachment.
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There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt.
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The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.
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After doing a juice cleanse, I'm motivated to eat healthier and not emotionally. Cleansing is like my meditation. It makes me stop, focus and think about what I'm putting into my body. I'm making a commitment to my health and hitting the reset button.
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You can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be.
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Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another.
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My parents' selfless affection and dedication nourished and prepared me to receive the love of my guru or spiritual father, Swami Prabhupada. My parents prepared the soil in which my guru sowed the seeds of his compassion.
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You have to take strength from the people that love you and the people that love Barbara and the huge number of expressions of sympathy and compassion and support. That has been extremely moving.
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Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place.
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I'm a huge fan of meditation. I know lots of people assume meditation to be some Buddhist mumbo-jumbo, but it's been scientifically documented to create therapeutic changes in the brain.
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Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
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I've been more or less vegetarian for about 40 years. Health diet really helps. I do meditation every day, and either yoga or sport several times a week.
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One of women's greatest values is compassion.
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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
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When one has love for God, one doesn't feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.
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Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.
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Soul-serving requires a heart that beats hard against the ribs. It requires a soul full of the milk of human kindness. This is the sine qua non of success.
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And then there's Israel - a lot of people support Israel, and it's important to Israel to take out Iraq. So it's all mixed together. It's a combination of motives.
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I grew up in a time when we didn't have the Internet, and we didn't have smartphones and things like that.
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I want the kind of career where I can move back and forth.
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No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.
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I don't feel 'possessed' or 'invaded during sessions. I don't feel that some superspirit has 'taken over' my body. Instead I feel as if I am practicing some precise psychological art, one that is ancient and poorly understood in our culture; or as if I'm learning a psychological science that helps me map the contours of consciousness itself.
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I practice loving-kindness meditation, which cultivates compassion and equanimity.
