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“We have restricted humans from giving 'free' food to bears and dolphins because we know that such feeding would make them dependent and lead to their extinction. But when it comes to our own species, we have difficulty seeing the connection between short-term kindness and long-term cruelty; we give women money to have more children, making them more dependent with each child and discouraging them from developing the tools to fend for themselves. The real discrimination against women, then, is 'free feeding'.”

Source: The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex

“The various features and aspects of human life, such as longevity, good health, success, happiness, and so forth, which we consider desirable, are all dependent on kindness and a good heart.”

Humans Heart Spiritual Kindness Aspect Various Human Life Features Dependent Longevity Desirable Good Health Good Heart Goodness And Kindness Success Happiness

Book:The World of Tibetan Buddhism: An Overview of Its Philosophy and Practice

Source: The World of Tibetan Buddhism: An Overview of Its Philosophy and Practice

“I find it much easier to counsel than to be counseled, to reach out to a friend in my small group who is feeling insercure than to reveal my own inseurity. The truth is we don't much like being dependent. We don't enjoy admitting how desperately we long for someone's kindness and involvement. It's so humbling.”

Long Feelings Enjoy My Own Kindness Groups Easier Truth Is Dependent Reach Out Involvement Religious Faith Admitting Humbling Small Groups

Author:Larry Crabb

“Right from the moment of our birth, we are under the care and kindness of our parents, and then later on in our life when we are oppressed by sickness and become old, we are again dependent on the kindness of others. Since at the beginning and end of our lives we are so dependent on other's kindness, how can it be in the middle that we would neglect kindness towards others?”

Ends Moments Helping Care Parent Kindness Our Lives Middle Birth Helping Others Sickness Dependent Neglect Oppressed Beginnings And Ends

Author:Dalai Lama