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• The Universe doesn’t make mistakes. Everything is happening just as it should. It’s only our perception of difficulties that causes us the distress and the difficulty we experience. Not only that, but when we label events as ‘bad,' we fail to perceive the benefit that is waiting for us.

  Chris Prentiss

  Mistake, Waiting, Perception

  Chris Prentiss (2006). “Zen and the Art of Happiness”, p.15, BookBaby

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• Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit.

  Chogyam Trungpa

  Teaching, Ego, Spirituality

  Chogyam Trungpa (2010). “The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings”, p.15, Shambhala Publications

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• Every single problem that you have in your life, is the seed of an opportunity for some greater benefit. Stay alert to opportunities by being grounded in the wisdom of uncertainty! When your preparedness meets opportunity the solution will spontaneously appear!

  Deepak Chopra

  Opportunity, Problem, Life Is

  Deepak Chopra (2010). “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams”, p.62, Amber-Allen Publishing

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• I feel strong in my belief, based on my widely traveled collaborations, that a one-to-one contact through art contains potent peaceful powers, and is the most non-elitist way to share information, hopefully seducing us into creating mutual understandings for the benefit of all.

  Robert Rauschenberg

  Art, Strong, Creating

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• In every adversity, there is a seed of equivalent benefit.

  Pat Riley

  Adversity, Seeds

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• A positive state of mind is not merely good for you, it benefits everyone with whom you come into contact, literally changing the world.

  Dalai Lama

  Attitude, Mind, World

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• Opportunity can benefit no man who has not fitted himself to seize it and use it. Opportunity woos the worthy, shuns the unworthy. Prepare yourself to grasp opportunity, and opportunity is likely to come your way. It is not so fickle, capricious and unreasoning as some complain.

  B. C. Forbes

  Opportunity, Men, Complaining

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• We can neither heal nor build if, on the one hand the rich in our society see the poor as hordes of irritants or if on the other hand the poor sit back, expecting charity. All of us must take responsibility for the upliftment of our conditions, prepared to give our best to the benefit of all

  Nelson Mandela

  Responsibility, Hands, Giving

  Nelson Mandela (2003). “Nelson Mandela: from freedom to the future : tributes and speeches”, Jonathan Ball Publishers

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• Driving Benzes with no benefits, not bad huh, for some immigrants?

  Jay-Z

  Driving, Immigrants

  "Song: "Otis" (Album: "Watch the Throne")". 2011.

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• When we care for others our own strength to live increases. When we help people expand their state of life, our lives also expand. Actions to benefit others are not separate from actions to benefit oneself. Our lives and the lives of others are ultimately inseparable.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  People, Care, Helping

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• Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Dream, Helping Others, Helping

  "Sugar Ray Leonard - "The Big Fight" Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects

  Napoleon Hill

  Doe, Transactions

  Dr. Robert C. Worstell, James Breckenridge Jones, Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and Grow Rich, Updated and Complete - With If You Can Count to Four...”, p.51, Lulu.com

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• When women participate in the economy, everyone benefits.

  Hillary Clinton

  Economy

  "For Clinton, empowering women is 'unfinished business'" by Alex Moe, firstread.nbcnews.com. June 13, 2013.

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• The problem in today’s economy is that people are typically starting a family at the very time they are also supposed to be doing their best work. They are trying to be productive at some of the most stressful times of their lives. What if companies took this unhappy collision of life events seriously? They could offer Gottman’s intervention as a benefit for every newly married, or newly pregnant, employee.

  John Medina

  People, What If, Unhappy

  John Medina (2014). “Brain Rules (Updated and Expanded): 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School”, p.48, Pear Press

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• When we are motivated by compassion and wisdom, the results of our actions benefit everyone, not just our individual selves.

  Dalai Lama

  Compassion, Self, Our Actions

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• We long to connect, all of us. We long to be noticed, to be cared for, to matter. Generosity is the invisible salve on our wound of loneliness, one that benefits both sides, over and over again.

  Seth Godin

  Loneliness, Long, Generosity

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• We have to have an aggressive, long-term plan to tackle our nation’s debt, but attempting to balance the budget on the backs of veterans who have risked life and limb in service of our country is unacceptable. I believe we can and should work together to find reasonable and common-sense cuts that will reduce our debt, but as a generation of warriors returns from two wars, our most solemn responsibility is to make sure they have the care and benefits they have earned.

  Tim Walz

  Country, War, Believe

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• I think the biggest reason otherwise radical people don't want to face the necessity of ending industrial civilization is privilege. We're the ones reaping the benefits. We've sold out the rest of life on earth for convenience, creature comforts, and cheap consumer goods, and it's appalling. I'm sickened by this bargain.

  Lierre Keith

  Thinking, Civilization, Rest Of Life

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• We do not need to understand economics in order to experience the benefits of freedom of exchange and production. But we may very well need to understand economics in order to sustain and maintain the institutional framework that enables us to realize the benefits that flow from freedom of exchange and production.

  Peter Boettke

  Order, Needs, May

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• I had the benefit of experiencing a hundred times more than the average kid. I don't look back with regret at all. It was the best life ever.

  Corin Nemec

  Regret, Kids, Average

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I am also sorry that I helped to start the anti-GM movement back in the mid 1990s, and that I thereby assisted in demonizing an important technological option which can be used to benefit the environment.

  Mark Lynas

  Sorry, Important, Movement

  Lecture to Oxford Farming Conference, www.marklynas.org. January 3, 2013.

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• One of the benefits of eating salad is that you can eat tons of it and never be satisfied.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Salad, Eating, Satisfied

  FaceBook post by Jim Gaffigan from Jul 01, 2013

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• For me, having greek yogurt and some granola is the perfect start-up breakfast because it has many benefits. Its filling, healthy and gives me energy to start my day.

  Shantel VanSanten

  Greek Yogurt, Giving, Perfect

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I am climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa this Summer as a personal physical goal for myself, but also as a way to bring on sponsors and raise awareness and funds to help benefit the programs and initiatives of Chefs for Humanity.

  Cat Cora

  Summer, Climbing, Goal

  "Climbing a Mountain for Hunger" by Cat Cora, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 8, 2011.

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• I eat only simple Indian home food - sabzi, roti, dal, chawal, ghee. There are so many benefits of
  having ghee. My grandmother is 84 and she is still fit and looks beautiful.

  Kareena Kapoor

  Beautiful, Home, Grandmother

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