We all react in similar ways to what is pleasant and what is unpleasant. Understanding this, we know how to help each other. Why not support others in promoting goodness and preventing harm?

17th Karmapa

from the book The Future Is Now: Timely Advice for Creating a Better World

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Further quotes from the book The Future Is Now:

• Just for the fun of it
• Aspire to great things
• The benefits of dharma
• Living harmoniously with others
• Human life
• Lighten up
• Guidance on the own path
• Serving the common interest
• Dialogue
• Impermanence
• How to decide
• Reactions
• Our impact on the world
• Advice
• Experiences
• Assessing a religion
• Coexisting in delicate balance
• Use your brain
• Using discernment