The idea of interdependence is central to Buddhism, which holds that all things come into being through the mutual interactions of various causes and conditions.


Daisaku Ikeda

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With love and patience, nothing is impossible. -Daisaku Ikeda.
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Mutual respect and courtesy is one of the things that holds this vague organization together and tha...
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What we have seen in financial markets should bring home to us all that the central organising princ...
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The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living...
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The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living...
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There is no "I" as such apart from others.
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Being present is being connected to All Things.
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All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever ex...
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All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever ex...
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We stress that Congressman Weller's relationships with various Indian tribes has been longstanding, ...
CHRIS KENNEDY
And these Things,
which live by perishing, know you are praising them; transient,
they lo...
RAINER MARIA RILKE
I don't know if I have a favorite color.
KATE MIDDLETON
It's very special having a new little girl.
KATE MIDDLETON
After all, what Buddhism offers as a solution is universalised indifference - a learning of how to w...
SLAVOJ ŽIžEK
There were hints and intimations of the shape of things to come.
DEXTER PALMER
The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH
Cities can be places that represent the best of our ideals: where Americans of all different backgro...
CORY BOOKER
The Biggest Threat to our Democracy, Freedoms and Future is Leadership that fosters and Appeases the...
MICHAEL HARRIS
There are no mundane things outside of Buddhism, and there is no Buddhism outside of mundane things
NAGARJUNA
There are no mundane things outside of Buddhism, and there is no Buddhism outside of mundane things.
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How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine."
The Q...
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One of the reasons for the failure of feminism to dislodge deeply held perceptions of male and femal...
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All positive interactions with other human beings involve, to some degree, the experience of visibil...
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From ancient times, the core idea of the soul is the soul is the capacity to integrate different fun...
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Life is short, and that's why, I don't test people; because we all fail tests sometimes, but that is...
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Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you...
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Buddhism opened me up to seeing things from the standpoint of being a human being - looking at the p...
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What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it
EZRA POUND
Since music is a language with some meaning at least for the immense majority of mankind, although o...
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I started the Stress Reduction Clinic in 1979. The idea of bringing Buddhist meditation without the ...
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In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o...
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That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall ...
GEORGE HERBERT
That helps them go through the parts and check locations and conditions of things.
ED BARKER
Buddhism has in it no idea of there being a moral law laid down by somekind of cosmic lawgiver.
ALAN WATTS
All things in the world come from being. And being comes from non-being.
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It is yet one more example of how extremist groups in various parts of the world are attempting to g...
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Impermanence and selflessness are not negative aspect of life, but the very foundation on which life...
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You will bring yourself the suffering you need to bring yourself so that you may awaken.
T. SCOTT MCLEOD
This settlement solidifies the idea that local community leaders can pressure the central government...
ADRIAN BONILLA
May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ...
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She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ...
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So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even...
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I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t...
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We Are All Infinite
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You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ...
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I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ...
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That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE.
STEPHAN CHBOSKY
Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY
Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté.
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I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY
So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY
So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them.
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There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st...
STHEPHEN CHBOSKY
no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY
I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY
Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad.
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We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It...
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Hope your Birthday gently breezes into your life all the choicest of things and all that your heart ...
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A fool who thinks that he is a fool is for that very reason a wise man. The fool who thinks that he...
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First have being in your mind. Make real in your mind then bring that being into reality. The genius...
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They come into being not through demonstration but through revelation, through the medium of powerfu...
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What physics tells us is that everything comes down to geometry and the interactions of elementary p...
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My aim is to argue that the universe can come into existence without intervention, and that there is...
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Each victim of suicide gives his act a personal stamp which expresses his temperament, the special c...
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She said 'Over my dead body!' so I took her at her word.
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The end of the world is a strange concept. The world is always ending, and the end is always being a...
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What is the Other?" they ask.
The Other is the one who taught me whatI should be like, but not ...
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I couldn’t peel my eyes off her face or her body. Even if she had asked me not to follow her, I wo...
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When each and every believer rises up to serve others and function according to their capacity, the ...
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For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death - the only certainty t...
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It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I have to be seen to be believed.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Grief is the price we pay for love.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

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