We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions affect other people's hearts.

Quote by Pema Chodron

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What's encouraging about meditation is that even if we shut down, we can no longer...

What's encouraging about meditation is that even if we shut down, we can no longer...

Feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news,...

Feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news,...

The still lake without ripples is an image of our minds at ease, so full...

The still lake without ripples is an image of our minds at ease, so full...

Compassionate action involves working with ourselves as much as working with others.

Compassionate action involves working with ourselves as much as working with others.

When we scratch the wound and give into our addictions we do not allow the...

When we scratch the wound and give into our addictions we do not allow the...

A greedy father has thieves for children

A greedy father has thieves for children

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and...

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and...

For greed, all nature is too little.

For greed, all nature is too little.

Hell has three gates: lust, anger, and greed

Hell has three gates: lust, anger, and greed

Fraud is the daughter of greed.

Fraud is the daughter of greed.

If youre not greedy you will go far, you will live in happiness too... like...

If youre not greedy you will go far, you will live in happiness too... like...

Ruthless, greedy, tyrannical, disreputable they have had one principle worth all the rest, the principle...

Ruthless, greedy, tyrannical, disreputable they have had one principle worth all the rest, the principle...

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we...

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we...

The covetous man is ever in want.

The covetous man is ever in want.

None of the quick fixes to the world's problems are going to work, unless we...

None of the quick fixes to the world's problems are going to work, unless we...

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

While the people are drowning in debt, the capitalists are drowning in profits that they've...

While the people are drowning in debt, the capitalists are drowning in profits that they've...

It has always seemed that a fear of judgment is the mark of guilt and...

It has always seemed that a fear of judgment is the mark of guilt and...

Youth had been a habit of hers for so long, that she could not part...

Youth had been a habit of hers for so long, that she could not part...