I recognize that this wish to create a better society, end all the suffering of all beings everywhere, and protect the entire planet may not seem particularly feasible. But whether or not we accomplish such goals in our lifetime, it is nevertheless deeply meaningful to cultivate such a vast sense of responsibility, and the wholehearted wish to be able to benefit others. This outlook is so wholesome and noble that it is worth developing, regardless of the probability of actually accomplishing such a vast vision.
17th Karmapa
from the book The Heart Is Noble: Changing the World from the Inside Out
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Further quotes from the book The Heart Is Noble:
- Healthy relationships
- There are no fixed starting points
- Disconnected from our own noble heart
- Authentic love toward others
- Capacity for Change
- Finding our nobility of heart
- Loving Responsibility
- Difference without Division
- Our relationship to the material world
- Open-minded
- There are no fixed starting points
- Just Love
- My trust is a gift
- Our life is vast
- Making healthy relationships possible
- Authentic love
- Interdependent reality
- Boxing Love with Our Expectations
- We truly have everything we need already