Unfortunately, love and compassion have been omitted from too many sph…

Dalai Lama
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Unfortunately, love and compassion have been omitted from too many spheres of social interaction for too long. Usually confined to family and home, their practice in public life is considered impractical, even naive. This is tragic. ✨ Dalai Lama, Anne Benson, Fabien Ouaki (2016). Imagine All the People: A Conversation with the Dalai Lama on Money, Politics, and Life As It Could Be, p.120, Simon and Schuster
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