Understanding is crucial in all human communication. When faced with people who are inflexible in their views, that is the time for you to be at your most flexible and accommodating, and to bring all your wisdom and compassion to bear.

17th Karmapa

from the book The Heart Is Noble: Changing the World from the Inside Out

translated by Ngodup Tsering Burkhar & Damchö Diana Finnegan


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Further quotes from the book The Heart Is Noble:

• Look what he did
• The intention to work for others
• Loving Responsibility
• Authentic love
• Making healthy relationships possible
• Facing Impermanence Wisely
• The kindness we receive from others
• We truly have everything we need already
• Our relationship to the material world
• Let the moon be the keeper of my love
• Capacity for Change
• Who are you
• True Wealth
• Taking delight in your inner nature
• We need space to grow and learn from our own mistakes
• Reality is your teacher
• Interdependent reality
• Social action
• Protective Inner Wisdom
• The Wealth of Contentment