Dalai Lama Quotes About Adversity

• It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Inspirational, Family

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.17, Penguin Books India

• Learning to forgive is much more useful than merely picking up a stone and throwing it at the object of one's anger, the more so when the provocation is extreme. For it is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

  Dalai Lama

  Forgiveness, Adversity, Forgiving

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.17, Penguin Books India

• It is not just a person's physical constitution, their intellegence, their education, or even their social conditioning that enables them to withstand hardship. Much more significant is their inner development. And while some may be able to survive through sheer willpower, the ones who suffer the least are those who have a high degree of patience and courage in the face of adversity.

  Dalai Lama

  Adversity, Suffering, Degrees

• Easy times are the enemy, they put us to sleep. Adversity is our friend, it wakes us up

  Dalai Lama

  Adversity, Sleep, Enemy

• Every noble work is bound to face problems and obstacles. It is important to check your goal and motivation thoroughly. One should be very truthful, honest, and reasonable. One's actions should be good for others, and for oneself as well. Once a positive goal is chosen, you should decide to pursue it all the way to the end. Even if it is not realized, at least there will be no regret.

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  Motivation, Regret, Adversity

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.56, Penguin Books India

• From adversity we can learn the value of patience.

  Dalai Lama

  Adversity, Values

• It is... very helpful to think of adversity not so much as a threat to our peace of mind but rather as the very means by which patience is attained.

  Dalai Lama

  Mean, Adversity, Thinking

  The Dalai Lama, Alexander Norman (2010). “Ancient Wisdom, Modern World: Ethics for the New Millennium”, p.68, Hachette UK

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