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It is in everybody's interest to seek those [actions] that lead to happiness and avoid those which lead to suffering. and because our interests are inextricably linked, we are compelled to accept ethics as the indispensable interface between my desire to be happy and yours.
-Dalai Lama
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It Is In Everybody's Interest To Seek

Dalai Lama
It is in everybody's interest to seek those [actions] that lead to happiness and avoid those which lead to suffering. and because our interests are inextricably linked, we are compelled to accept ethics as the indispensable interface between my desire to be happy and yours.
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