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Love and concern for all are not things some of us are born with and others are not. Rather, they are results of what we do with our minds: We can choose to transform our minds so that they embody love, or we can allow them to develop habits and false concepts of separation.

Sharon Salzberg

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Sharon Salzberg
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 5
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