“When faced with adverse circumstances, if you can do something, do it and there is not need to worry. If you can't do anything, then there is no point to worry. So in either case, worrying is an added suffering. But this does not mean of course that we should not be unhappy about injustice, abuse and other kinds of behavior that brings suffering upon others.” IfsNeedsShouldKindMeanDoeSufferingCoursesCan DoCasesWorryCircumstancesBehaviorAbuseInjusticeUnhappyNo PointCan Do SomethingAdverse Author:Matthieu Ricard
“Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.” PoliticalPoliticsCausesEconomyEconomicCircumstancesCharityInjusticeImperfectPhilanthropyCharitablePhilanthropicPhilanthropistCommendablePhilanthropy InspirationEconomic Injustice Book:Strength to Love Source: Strength to Love
“That only a few, under any circumstances, protest against the injustice of long-established laws and customs, does not disprove the fact of the oppressions, while the satisfaction of the many, if real only proves their apathy and deeper degradation.” IfsLongDoeRealFactsLawCircumstancesProveEmpathyInjusticeSatisfactionDeeperOppressionProtestCustomsApathyDegradation Book:Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences, 1815-1897 Source: Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences, 1815-1897