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Gabriela Mistral
Chilean poet, diplomat and educator.
Born April 7th, 1889 in Vicuña. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1957 at 67 years old in Hempstead. [ref]
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche