If we connect to others and to the planet with love and affection, our responsibility to bring about change does not have to weigh heavily on us at all. We will carry it gladly.

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:

• Our life is vast
• Just Love
• We truly have everything we need already
• Disconnected from our own noble heart
• Interdependent reality
• Who are you
• Our relationship to the material world
• Making healthy relationships possible
• Take joy in your sincere intentions
• Distinguishing between wants and needs
• Breaking barriers
• Boxing Love with Our Expectations
• Facing Impermanence Wisely
• Greed is a recipe for dissatisfaction
• Balanced Life
• The intention to work for others
• True Wealth
• Life in Balance
• Expanding our sense of ourselves
• The Wealth of Contentment