Quotations for reflections

_ -On compassion and the sense of responsibility
_ -On dust in the eyesOn compassion and the sense of responsibility

Out of 5.8 billion people in the world, the majority of them are certainly not believers. We can’t argue with them, tell them they should be believers, impossible. And, realistically speaking, if the majority of humanity remains non-believers, it doesn’t matter. The problem is that the majority have lost, or ignore, the deeper human values–compassion, a sense of responsibility. That is our big concern.

The Dalai Lama, Time magazine, December 1997.

On dust in the eyes

Although gold dust is precious, when it gets in your eyes it obstructs your vision.

Hsi-Tang