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:

• True Wealth
• The kindness we receive from others
• Life in Balance
• Expanding our sense of ourselves
• The Wealth of Contentment
• Reality is your teacher
• Protective Inner Wisdom
• Authentic love toward others
• Healthy relationships
• There are no fixed starting points
• A noble vision
• Open-minded
• Capacity for Change
• Finding our nobility of heart
• Taking delight in your inner nature
• Difference without Division
• My trust is a gift
• There are no fixed starting points
• Boxed limitless potential