Dalai Lama Quotes About Hurt

• Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

• A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you.

  Dalai Lama

  Life, Spiritual, Hurt

  Dalai Lama XIV, Rajiv Mehrotra (2010). “In My Own Words: An Introduction to My Teachings and Philosophy”, p.9, ReadHowYouWant.com

• Our greatest duty and our main responsibility is to help others. But please, if you can't help them, would you please not hurt them.

  Dalai Lama

  Hurt, Responsibility, Helping Others

• The essence of Buddhism is if you can, help others. If not, then at least refrain from hurting others.

  Dalai Lama

  Hurt, Buddhism, Helping Others

• There is a common perception that compassion is, if not actually an impediment, at least irrelevant to professional life. Personally, I would argue that not only is it relevant, but that when compassion is lacking, our activities are in danger of becoming destructive. This is because when we ignore the question of the impact our actions have on others' well-being, inevitably we end up hurting them.

  Dalai Lama

  Hurt, Compassion, Impact

• To develop patience, you need someone who willfully hurts you. Such people give us real opportunities to practice tolerance. They test our inner strength in a way that even our guru cannot. Basically, patience protects us from being discouraged.

  Dalai Lama

  Hurt, Real, Opportunity

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