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In English we say 'we are' but it's proper to say 'we are becoming' because things are becoming.

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I think, therefore I am ... not here.
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When your mind is liberated, your heart floods with compassion.
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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.
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If we can not smile, we cannot help other people to smile.
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We have the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast. But in the name of freedom, people have done a lot of damage. I think we have to build a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast in order to counterbalance. Because liberty without responsibility is not true liberty. We are not free to destroy.
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There are many, many Christians who practice Buddhism, and they become better and better Christians all the time.
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