What Albert Einstein and the 14th Dalai Lama Have In Common

Two quotes. The first from Einstein, the second from the Dalai Lama.

A human being is part of the whole called by us “universe,” a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty…. We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.

-Albert Einstein

Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to have woken up, I am alive, I have a precious human life. I am not going to waste it, I am going to use all my energies to develop myself to expand my heart out to others, to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts toward others. I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.

-His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama