Dalai Lama Quotes About Hardship

• Hardship, in forcing us to exercise greater patience and forbearance in daily life, actually makes us stronger and more robust. From the daily experience of hardship comes a greater capacity to accept difficulties without losing our sense of inner calm. Of course, I do not advocate seeking out hardship as a way of life, but merely wish to suggest that, if you relate to it constructively, it can bring greater inner strength and fortitude.

  Dalai Lama

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• 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.

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• Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.

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• The greater the force of your compassion, the greeater your resilience in confronting hardships.

  Dalai Lama

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• Those who don't have a life filled with luxury may have a home filled with compassion, based on their choice to be content and to practice self-discipline. Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.

  Dalai Lama

  Home, Compassion, Self

  Source: www.worldreligionnews.com

• I think the person who has had more experience of hardships can stand more firmly in the face of problems than the person who has never experienced suffering. From this angle then, some suffering can be a good lesson for life.

  Dalai Lama

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  Dalai Lama XIV (2002). “Illustrated Teachings of the Dalai Lama”

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