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Helvi Sipilä

Finnish politician, lawyer and diplomat (1915-2009).

Born May 5th, 1915 in Helsinki. [ref]

Died May 15th, 2009 at 94 years old in Helsinki. [ref]

Occupations
diplomat, lawyer, politician
Wikipedia

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