“Ultimately, the reason why love and compassion bring the gre…”

“Ultimately, the reason why love and compassion bring the greatest happiness is simply that our nature cherishes them above all else. The need for love lies at the very foundation of human existence. It results from the profound interdependence we all share with one another.”

— Dalai Lama

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Title: Wikiquote: Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
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Compassion and the Individual

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Lama, Dalai. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso,_14th_Dalai_Lama

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