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Hastings Chess Congress 2009-2010 Masters tournament: round 8 and 9 results and final standings

Here are the results from the top boards for round 8 of the Masters Tournament at the 2009-2010 Hastings Chess Congress (the player on the left had the white pieces in the game):

Pairings round 8 (Monday, 04 January 2010)

Table	White	Score	Fed.	Rating	Black	Flags	Score	Fed.	Rating	Result
1	GM Drozdovskij, Yuri	5.5	UKR	2625	GM Howell, David W L		5.5	ENG	2597	½-½
2	GM Edouard, Romain	5.5	FRA	2620	GM Hracek, Zbynek		5.5	CZE	2624	½-½
3	GM Istratescu, Andrei	5.5	ROU	2624	IM Ansell, Simon T		5.5	ENG	2387	1-0
4	GM Hebden, Mark L	5.5	ENG	2522	IM Philippe, Christophe		5.0	FRA	2430	1-0
5	IM Greet, Andrew N	5.0	ENG	2423	GM Gormally, Daniel W		5.0	ENG	2479	0-1
6	IM Bates, Richard A	5.0	ENG	2383	GM Arkell, Keith C		5.0	ENG	2464	½-½
7	FM Hawkins, Jonathan	4.5	ENG	2383	WGM Zdebskaja, Natalia	w	5.0	UKR	2408	½-½
8	Jackson, James P	4.5	ENG	2067	IM Breder, Dennis		4.5	GER	2427	0-1
9	IM Martin, Andrew D	4.5	ENG	2423	Demac, Elias		4.5	NOR	2084	½-½
10	FM Eames, Robert S	4.5	ENG	2276	IM Kjartansson, Gudmundur		4.5	ISL	2391	1-0
11	FM Strunski, Andreas	4.5	GER	2386	Sreeves, Clement		4.5	SCO	2061	1-0
12	Anderson, John	4.0	ENG	2209	Mitchell, Martin		4.5	SCO	2195	0-1
13	Snape, Ian L	4.0	ENG	2176	GM Williams, Simon K	i	4.0	ENG	2550	1-0
14	Rayner, Francis	4.0	WLS	2153	FM Eggleston, David J		4.0	ENG	2367	0-1
15	IM Kolbus, Dietmar	4.0	GER	2355	Griffiths, Ryan Rhys		4.0	IRL	2148	½-½
16	Green, Andrew D	4.0	SCO	2151	IM Giffard, Nicolas		4.0	FRA	2351	0-1
17	IM Knott, Simon J B	4.0	ENG	2348	Maduekwe, Chiedu	i	4.0	NGR	2182	0-1
18	IM Prosviriakov, Vladimir	4.0	USA	2311	Lock, Gavin R		4.0	ENG	2170	½-½
19	De Coverly, Roger D	4.0	ENG	2109	Talsma, Paul		4.0	NED	2252	0-1
20	Williams, Peter A	4.0	ENG	2012	WIM Worek, Joanna	w	4.0	POL	2226	½-½
21	Grant, David J	4.0	ENG	2020	Sugden, John N		4.0	ENG	2219	1-0

You can see the results from all the games from the Premier section for round 8 by clicking on the following link:
http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/2010/SMWSite/index.html
These results meant the following standings existed after 8 rounds of play in the Premier section for the top scorers in the Premier tournament:

Ranking after round 8 (Tuesday, 05 January 2010)

Rank	Name	Flags	Score	Fed.	M/F	Rating	TPR	W-We	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	GM Istratescu, Andrei		6.5	ROU	M	2624	2723	+1.00	1	1	½	1	1	½	½	1
2	GM Hebden, Mark L		6.5	ENG	M	2522	2615	+0.95	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	1
3	GM Drozdovskij, Yuri		6.0	UKR	M	2625	2615	+0.06	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	½
4	GM Hracek, Zbynek		6.0	CZE	M	2624	2615	+0.10	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	½
5	GM Edouard, Romain		6.0	FRA	M	2620	2647	+0.43	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	½
6	GM Howell, David W L		6.0	ENG	M	2597	2593	+0.14	1	1	1	½	0	1	1	½
7	GM Gormally, Daniel W		6.0	ENG	M	2479	2492	+0.21	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	1
8	GM Arkell, Keith C		5.5	ENG	M	2464	2552	+0.93	1	1	½	½	1	0	1	½
9	IM Breder, Dennis		5.5	GER	M	2427	2448	+0.33	1	½	1	0	½	½	1	1
10	WGM Zdebskaja, Natalia	w	5.5	UKR	F	2408	2289	-0.90	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½
11	IM Ansell, Simon T		5.5	ENG	M	2387	2437	+0.65	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	0
12	FM Strunski, Andreas		5.5	GER	M	2386	2329	-0.39	0	½	1	1	1	1	0	1
13	IM Bates, Richard A		5.5	ENG	M	2383	2374	+0.05	1	0	1	½	½	1	1	½
14	FM Eames, Robert S		5.5	ENG	M	2276	2435	+1.60	½	1	0	1	1	0	1	1
15	Mitchell, Martin		5.5	SCO	M	2195	2487	+2.97	1	1	0	0	1	½	1	1
16	IM Philippe, Christophe		5.0	FRA	M	2430	2460	+0.38	½	1	1	½	1	0	1	0
17	IM Greet, Andrew N		5.0	ENG	M	2423	2463	+0.51	1	0	1	1	1	½	½	0
18	IM Martin, Andrew D		5.0	ENG	M	2423	2266	-1.41	0	½	1	½	1	1	½	½
19	FM Hawkins, Jonathan		5.0	ENG	M	2383	2518	+1.45	1	1	½	½	½	1	0	½
20	FM Eggleston, David J		5.0	ENG	M	2367	2251	-1.14	½	1	½	½	½	0	1	1
21	IM Giffard, Nicolas		5.0	FRA	M	2351	2364	+0.19	1	0	1	½	1	½	0	1
22	FM Lorscheid, Gerhard		5.0	GER	M	2348	2296	-0.31	½	1	0	1	½	1	½	=
23	Talsma, Paul		5.0	NED	M	2252	2238	-0.07	0	1	1	1	0	½	½	1
24	Maduekwe, Chiedu	i	5.0	NGR	M	2182	2246	+0.74	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1
25	Snape, Ian L		5.0	ENG	M	2176	2287	+1.10	½	½	0	1	1	0	1	1
26	Demac, Elias		5.0	NOR	M	2084	2385	+2.95	1	½	1	0	1	0	1	½
27	Grant, David J		5.0	ENG	M	2020	2327	+2.67	+	½	1	0	½	1	0	1
28	IM Kjartansson, Gudmundur		4.5	ISL	M	2391	2274	-1.07	½	1	½	1	½	1	0	0
29	IM Kolbus, Dietmar		4.5	GER	M	2355	2318	-0.32	½	1	½	1	0	1	0	½
30	FM Webb, Laurence E		4.5	ENG	M	2321	2200	-1.16	1	0	0	1	0	1	½	1
31	IM Prosviriakov, Vladimir		4.5	USA	M	2311	2227	-0.72	½	1	½	=	0	1	½	½
32	Getz, Nicolai		4.5	NOR	M	2270	2199	-0.74	0	1	1	0	1	0	½	1
33	IM Marusenko, Petr		4.5	UKR	M	2264	2178	-0.89	0	1	½	½	0	1	½	1
34	Addison, Bret C		4.5	ENG	M	2258	2166	-0.88	0	½	1	0	1	1	0	1
35	CM Kwiatkowski, Feliks J		4.5	ENG	M	2248	2232	-0.14	½	1	½	0	0	½	1	1
36	Grant, Alan G		4.5	SCO	M	2236	2146	-0.89	½	½	½	1	½	½	0	1
37	FM Ledger, Dave J		4.5	ENG	M	2227	2101	-1.14	0	0	1	1	½	1	0	1
38	WIM Worek, Joanna	w	4.5	POL	F	2226	2180	-0.45	1	0	½	½	1	0	1	½
39	FM Furman, Boris		4.5	RUS	M	2223	2274	+0.58	½	½	½	1	1	0	0	1
40	Lock, Gavin R		4.5	ENG	M	2170	2138	-0.25	0	½	½	0	1	1	1	½
41	Griffiths, Ryan Rhys		4.5	IRL	M	2148	2314	+1.73	1	0	½	½	1	½	½	½
42	O'Toole, George E		4.5	ENG	M	2146	2048	-0.82	0	0	1	1	0	½	1	1
43	Jackson, James P		4.5	ENG	M	2067	2276	+2.13	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	0
44	Sreeves, Clement		4.5	SCO	M	2061	2274	+2.17	1	0	1	0	1	½	1	0
45	Foord, Dominic		4.5	ENG	M	2051	2152	+1.08	1	0	½	0	½	1	½	1
46	Williams, Peter A		4.5	ENG	M	2012	2317	+2.99	1	1	0	1	½	0	½	½

To see all the standings click on the following link:

http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/2010/SMWSite/index.html

Round 9
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These were the results from the ninth and final round of the 2009-2010 Premier section (the player on the left had the white pieces in the game):

Pairings round 9 (Tuesday, 05 January 2010)

Table	White	Flags	Score	Fed.	Rating	Black	Flags	Score	Fed.	Rating	Result
1	GM Hebden, Mark L		6.5	ENG	2522	GM Istratescu, Andrei		6.5	ROU	2624	½-½
2	GM Gormally, Daniel W		6.0	ENG	2479	GM Drozdovskij, Yuri		6.0	UKR	2625	½-½
3	GM Hracek, Zbynek		6.0	CZE	2624	GM Howell, David W L		6.0	ENG	2597	0-1
4	IM Ansell, Simon T		5.5	ENG	2387	GM Edouard, Romain		6.0	FRA	2620	0-1
5	GM Arkell, Keith C		5.5	ENG	2464	FM Strunski, Andreas		5.5	GER	2386	½-½
6	IM Breder, Dennis		5.5	GER	2427	IM Bates, Richard A		5.5	ENG	2383	1-0
7	WGM Zdebskaja, Natalia	w	5.5	UKR	2408	FM Eames, Robert S		5.5	ENG	2276	1-0
8	Mitchell, Martin		5.5	SCO	2195	IM Martin, Andrew D		5.0	ENG	2423	0-1
9	IM Philippe, Christophe		5.0	FRA	2430	Snape, Ian L		5.0	ENG	2176	0-1
10	Demac, Elias		5.0	NOR	2084	IM Greet, Andrew N		5.0	ENG	2423	0-1
11	Talsma, Paul		5.0	NED	2252	FM Hawkins, Jonathan		5.0	ENG	2383	0-1
12	FM Eggleston, David J		5.0	ENG	2367	FM Lorscheid, Gerhard		5.0	GER	2348	1-0
13	IM Giffard, Nicolas		5.0	FRA	2351	Grant, David J		5.0	ENG	2020	½-½
14	Maduekwe, Chiedu	i	5.0	NGR	2182	Grant, Alan G		4.5	SCO	2236	0-1
15	IM Kjartansson, Gudmundur		4.5	ISL	2391	FM Ledger, Dave J		4.5	ENG	2227	1-0
16	WIM Worek, Joanna	w	4.5	POL	2226	IM Kolbus, Dietmar		4.5	GER	2355	½-½
17	Lock, Gavin R		4.5	ENG	2170	FM Webb, Laurence E		4.5	ENG	2321	1-0
18	Sreeves, Clement		4.5	SCO	2061	IM Prosviriakov, Vladimir		4.5	USA	2311	½-½
19	Getz, Nicolai		4.5	NOR	2270	FM Furman, Boris		4.5	RUS	2223	½-½
20	IM Marusenko, Petr		4.5	UKR	2264	Williams, Peter A		4.5	ENG	2012	0-1
21	Griffiths, Ryan Rhys		4.5	IRL	2148	Addison, Bret C		4.5	ENG	2258	1-0
22	Foord, Dominic		4.5	ENG	2051	CM Kwiatkowski, Feliks J		4.5	ENG	2248	½-½
23	Sugden, John N		4.0	ENG	2219	Jackson, James P		4.5	ENG	2067	½-½
24	GM Williams, Simon K	i	4.0	ENG	2550	Green, Andrew D		4.0	SCO	2151	1-0
25	Goodger, Martyn		4.0	ENG	2147	IM Knott, Simon J B		4.0	ENG	2348	0-1
26	Hansen, Victor		4.0	NOR	2113	IM Rudd, Jack		4.0	ENG	2296	0-1
27	FM Druckenthaner, Andreas		4.0	AUT	2296	De Coverly, Roger D		4.0	ENG	2109	½-½
28	Pickersgill, Adrian O		4.0	ENG	2014	Martinsen, Stig K		4.0	NOR	2240	0-1
29	Nilsen, Joachim Birger		3.5	NOR	2126	Rayner, Francis		4.0	WLS	2153	½-½
30	IM Collins, Sam E.		3.5	IRL	2431	Tozer, Philip		3.5	ENG	2106	1-0
31	Mason, Donald J		3.5	ENG	2255	Horn, Stefan		3.5	GER	2074	½-½
32	Gibson, Christopher A		3.5	ENG	1964	Almond, Richard J		3.5	ENG	2174	0-1
33	McKenna, Jason P		3.5	ENG	2147	WFM Wilson, Alexandra	w	3.5	SUI	2089	½-½
34	FM Cafferty, Bernard		3.5	ENG	2141	Nomat, Emil-Lion		3.5	IRQ	1809	1-0
35	Kirk, Ezra		3.5	FRA	1919	Brechin, Hugh R		3.0	SCO	2025	1-0
36	Gregory, Stephen J		3.5	ENG	2126	Malhotra, Tarun		3.5	IND	1735	½-½
37	Kirk, Jason		3.5	FRA	1994	WFM Norinkeviciute, Rasa	w	3.0	LTU	2027	½-½

To see all of the results for the ninth round of play in the Premier section click on the following link:

http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/2010/SMWSite/index.html

Final Standings Hastings Chess Congress:Premier Section
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Here are the final standings for the top players for the Premier tournament at the 2009-2010 Hastings Chess Congress: According to a chessbase article on this tournament (which you can view at the following website:http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6039, the top four players in the event will share first place.Congratulations to Mark Hebden of England, British Champion David Howell, Andrei Istratescu of Roumania, and Romain Edouard of France.

Final Standings

Rank	Name	Flags	Score	Fed.	M/F	Rating	TPR	W-We	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	GM Istratescu, Andrei		7.0	ROU	M	2624	2698	+0.86	1	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	½
2	GM Edouard, Romain		7.0	FRA	M	2620	2666	+0.64	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	1
3	GM Howell, David W L		7.0	ENG	M	2597	2645	+0.68	1	1	1	½	0	1	1	½	1
4	GM Hebden, Mark L		7.0	ENG	M	2522	2612	+1.09	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	½
5	GM Drozdovskij, Yuri		6.5	UKR	M	2625	2594	-0.14	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	½
6	GM Gormally, Daniel W		6.5	ENG	M	2479	2501	+0.41	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½
7	IM Breder, Dennis		6.5	GER	M	2427	2481	+0.77	1	½	1	0	½	½	1	1	1
8	WGM Zdebskaja, Natalia	w	6.5	UKR	F	2408	2339	-0.58	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	1
9	GM Hracek, Zbynek		6.0	CZE	M	2624	2566	-0.44	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	½	0
10	GM Arkell, Keith C		6.0	ENG	M	2464	2533	+0.82	1	1	½	½	1	0	1	½	½
11	IM Greet, Andrew N		6.0	ENG	M	2423	2462	+0.63	1	0	1	1	1	½	½	0	1
12	IM Martin, Andrew D		6.0	ENG	M	2423	2299	-1.20	0	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	1
13	FM Strunski, Andreas		6.0	GER	M	2386	2344	-0.28	0	½	1	1	1	1	0	1	½
14	FM Hawkins, Jonathan		6.0	ENG	M	2383	2529	+1.77	1	1	½	½	½	1	0	½	1
15	FM Eggleston, David J		6.0	ENG	M	2367	2303	-0.67	½	1	½	½	½	0	1	1	1
16	Snape, Ian L		6.0	ENG	M	2176	2344	+1.91	½	½	0	1	1	0	1	1	1
17	IM Kjartansson, Gudmundur		5.5	ISL	M	2391	2310	-0.79	½	1	½	1	½	1	0	0	1
18	IM Ansell, Simon T		5.5	ENG	M	2387	2412	+0.44	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	0	0
19	IM Bates, Richard A		5.5	ENG	M	2383	2334	-0.39	1	0	1	½	½	1	1	½	0
20	IM Giffard, Nicolas		5.5	FRA	M	2351	2321	-0.19	1	0	1	½	1	½	0	1	½
21	FM Eames, Robert S		5.5	ENG	M	2276	2387	+1.28	½	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
22	Grant, Alan G		5.5	SCO	M	2236	2192	-0.47	½	½	½	1	½	½	0	1	1
23	Mitchell, Martin		5.5	SCO	M	2195	2434	+2.76	1	1	0	0	1	½	1	1	0
24	Lock, Gavin R		5.5	ENG	M	2170	2200	+0.45	0	½	½	0	1	1	1	½	1
25	Griffiths, Ryan Rhys		5.5	IRL	M	2148	2350	+2.38	1	0	½	½	1	½	½	½	1
26	Grant, David J		5.5	ENG	M	2020	2329	+3.05	+	½	1	0	½	1	0	1	½
27	Williams, Peter A		5.5	ENG	M	2012	2353	+3.80	1	1	0	1	½	0	½	½	1
28	GM Williams, Simon K	i	5.0	ENG	M	2550	2271	-2.79	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
29	IM Philippe, Christophe		5.0	FRA	M	2430	2387	-0.43	½	1	1	½	1	0	1	0	0
30	IM Kolbus, Dietmar		5.0	GER	M	2355	2312	-0.49	½	1	½	1	0	1	0	½	½
31	IM Knott, Simon J B		5.0	ENG	M	2348	2294	-0.59	1	½	½	1	0	½	½	0	1
32	FM Lorscheid, Gerhard		5.0	GER	M	2348	2259	-0.78	½	1	0	1	½	1	½	=	0
33	IM Prosviriakov, Vladimir		5.0	USA	M	2311	2206	-1.03	½	1	½	=	0	1	½	½	½
34	IM Rudd, Jack		5.0	ENG	M	2296	2185	-1.28	0	1	0	1	½	½	0	1	1
35	Getz, Nicolai		5.0	NOR	M	2270	2207	-0.81	0	1	1	0	1	0	½	1	½
36	Talsma, Paul		5.0	NED	M	2252	2213	-0.39	0	1	1	1	0	½	½	1	0
37	CM Kwiatkowski, Feliks J		5.0	ENG	M	2248	2217	-0.39	½	1	½	0	0	½	1	1	½
38	Martinsen, Stig K		5.0	NOR	M	2240	2089	-1.65	0	1	0	0	½	1	½	1	1
39	WIM Worek, Joanna	w	5.0	POL	F	2226	2204	-0.28	1	0	½	½	1	0	1	½	½
40	FM Furman, Boris		5.0	RUS	M	2223	2279	+0.65	½	½	½	1	1	0	0	1	½
41	Maduekwe, Chiedu	i	5.0	NGR	M	2182	2204	+0.32	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0
42	Demac, Elias		5.0	NOR	M	2084	2348	+2.83	1	½	1	0	1	0	1	½	0
43	Jackson, James P		5.0	ENG	M	2067	2275	+2.33	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	0	½
44	Sreeves, Clement		5.0	SCO	M	2061	2283	+2.48	1	0	1	0	1	½	1	0	½
45	Foord, Dominic		5.0	ENG	M	2051	2167	+1.33	1	0	½	0	½	1	½	1	½

To see the final standings for all the players click on the following link:

http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/2010/SMWSite/index.html

These are the final rankings of the female participants in the Masters tournament:

Ranking after round 9 - Females

Rank	Name	Flags	Score	Fed.	M/F	Rating	TPR	W-We	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
8	WGM Zdebskaja, Natalia	w	6.5	UKR	F	2408	2339	-0.58	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	1
39	WIM Worek, Joanna	w	5.0	POL	F	2226	2204	-0.28	1	0	½	½	1	0	1	½	½
68	WFM Wilson, Alexandra	w	4.0	SUI	F	2089	2023	-0.69	1	0	0	1	½	0	½	½	½
81	WFM Norinkeviciute, Rasa	w	3.5	LTU	F	2027	2019	-0.11	1	0	½	0	1	½	0	0	½
93	WFM Yurenok, Maria S	w	3.0	ENG	F	1968	1913	-0.67	=	0	0	½	0	0	1	1	0
95	Hoare, Amy	w	3.0	ENG	F	1797	2013	+1.84	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	-
104	Moore, Gillian A	w	1.5	ENG	F	1902	1667	-2.61	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	0	0

Natalia Zdebskaja is a 23-year-old WGM from Ukraine. She is married to the tournament top seed, Yuri Drozdovskij. They got married in July 2009. Natalia was a member of the silver-medal winning Ukraine women's team at the 2008 Dresden Olympiad.

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The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others. - Ghandi

The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves. - Helen Keller

Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind perfectionism. Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make yourself a happier and more productive person. - Dr. David M. Burns

Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures. -His Holiness The Dalai Lama

Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it. -

Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them. That's the essence of inhumanity. -George Bernard Shaw

Ego's trick is to make us lose sight of our interdependence. That kind of ego-thought gives us a perfect justification to look out only for ourselves. But that is far from the truth. In reality we all depend on each other and we have to help each other. The husband has to help his wife, the wife has to help the husband, the mother has to help her children, and the children are supposed to help the parents too, whether they want to or not.-Gehlek Rinpoche Source: "The Best Buddhist Writing 2005 pg. 165

The hostile attitude of conquering nature ignores the basic interdependence of all things and events---that the world beyond the skin is actually an extension of our own bodies---and will end in destroying the very environment from which we emerge and upon which our whole life depends.

Alan Watts (1915 - 1973)

Source: The Book:On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are (Vintage) Page: 9..10

One human being, one village, one city, or even one country can no longer live entirely on its own. Competitiveness - the desire to be the first, the best, the foremost, and only one - has simply become outdated as a "value." This desire may have been useful in the past. The concept of evolution describes a process from dependence toward independence, ultimately resulting in interdependence.

Frank Petter Source:The Spirit of Reiki (Shangri-La Series),Page 7

Consider the following. We humans are social beings. We come into the world as the result of others' actions. We survive here in dependence on others. Whether we like it or not, there is hardly a moment of our lives when we do not benefit from others' activities. For this reason it is hardly surprising that most of our happiness arises in the context of our relationships with others. Nor is it so remarkable that our greatest joy should come when we are motivated by concern for others. But that is not all. We find that not only do altruistic actions bring about happiness but they also lessen our experience of suffering. Here I am not suggesting that the individual whose actions are motivated by the wish to bring others' happiness necessarily meets with less misfortune than the one who does not. Sickness, old age, mishaps of one sort or another are the same for us all. But the sufferings which undermine our internal peace -- anxiety, doubt, disappointment -- these things are definitely less. In our concern for others, we worry less about ourselves. When we worry less about ourselves an experience of our own suffering is less intense.What does this tell us? Firstly, because our every action has a universal dimension, a potential impact on others' happiness, ethics are necessary as a means to ensure that we do not harm others. Secondly, it tells us that genuine happiness consists in those spiritual qualities of love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness and so on. For it is these which provide both for our happiness and others' happiness. Dalai Lama.

Source: Ethics for the New Millennium:His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Page: 62

"We can judge the heart of a (hu)man by his or her treatment of animals."-Kant"I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights - that is the way of the whole human being!" (Abraham Lincoln "Complete Works")

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. We err in copying the lower animal world if we are superior to it."-Mahatma Gandhi

"It's not that humans and non-humans are identical... but the lack of understanding that led to the slave trade is the same lack of understanding many people have about animals today. When slaves were brought over from Africa, many people believed they were not humans, that they didn't have feelings. Many people believe that primates and other animals don't have feelings, too, but they do."- Jane Goodall

"Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, these ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance."-

Robert F. Kennedy

"Man is not on the earth solely for his own happiness. He is there to realize great things for humanity."- Vincent van Gogh

"The only way in which one can make endurable man’s inhumanity to man, and man’s destruction of his own environment, is to exemplify in your own lives man’s humanity to man and man’s reverence for the place in which he lives".- Alan Paton

I think I could turn and live with the animals. They are so placid and self-contained. They do not sweat and whine about their condition. Not one is dissatisfied. Not one is demented with the mania of owning things. Not one is disrespectful or unhappy over the world. - Walt Whitman"

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men."-Alice Walker

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