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“Today more than ever before life must be characterised by a sense of universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life. Life is as dear to the mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures'.”
― His Holiness the Dalai Lama

“Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the wellbeing of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.”
― Martin Luther King Junior

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

“Don't pay back in kind, pay back in kindness. If someone does wrong by you, do right by them.”
― Jodi Picoult, Change of Heart

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“I have learned,’ said Lymond, ‘that kindness without love is no kindness.”
― Dorothy Dunnett, Pawn in Frankincense

“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“Love is the absence of judgment.”
― Dalai Lama XIV