Dalai Lama Quotes - Page 25

• You can develop the right attitude toward others if you have kindness, love and respect for them, and a clear realization of the oneness of all human beings.

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  Attitude, Kindness, Oneness

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• Our purpose in life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment.

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  Contentment, Desire, Purpose

  Dalai Lama XIV, Rajiv Mehrotra (2010). “In My Own Words: An Introduction to My Teachings and Philosophy”, p.1, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• If we make consistent effort, based on proper education, we can change the world.

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  Effort, World, Consistent

  "Training the Mind to Change the World" by Catherine Cussaguet, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 18, 2016.

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• The compassion we feel normally is biased and mixed with attachment. Genuine compassion flows towards all living beings, particularly your enemies. If I try to develop compassion towards my enemy, it may not benefit him directly, he may not even be aware of it. But it will immediately benefit me by calming my mind. On the other hand, if I dwell on how awful everything is, I immediately lose my peace of mind.

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  Compassion, Attachment, Hands

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• Compassion automatically brings happiness and calmness. Then, even if you receive disturbing news, it will be easier to take, as your mind is still.

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  Spiritual, Compassion, Mind

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• I believe that we are fundamentally the same and have the same basic potential.

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  Honesty, Believe, I Believe

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• Number of people have said to me, after hearing your thinking, their mind becomes much more happier.

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  Thinking, Numbers, People

  "Piers Morgan Tonight", edition.cnn.com. June 24, 2012.

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• It is our enemies who provide us with the challenge we need to develop the qualities of tolerance, patience and compassion.

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  Compassion, Challenges, Tolerance

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• I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and a sense of universal responsibility with or without religion.

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  Heart, Responsibility, Universal

  The 14th Dalai Lama's Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1989.

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• Education is the way to achieve far-reaching results, it is the proper way to promote compassion and tolerance in society.

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  Compassion, Tolerance, Way

  Dalai Lama @DalaiLama, twitter.com. March 7, 2013.

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• The practice of love can be expressed in one sentence: 'Do not harm others.'

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  Practice, Harm, One Sentence

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• Wisdom is the best guide and faith is the best companion.

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  Guidance, Guides, Companion

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• Home is where you feel at home and are treated well.

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  Home, Wells, Feels

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• The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

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  Positive, Buddhist, Buddhism

  Dalai Lama, Herbert Benson, Robert Thurman, Howard Gardner, Daniel Goleman (2012). “MindScience: An East-West Dialogue”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

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

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  Hardship, Very Happy, Hardships And Success

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• Today different ethnic groups and different nations come together due to common sense.

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  Common Sense, Together, Today

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• Inner peace is the key: if you have inner peace, the external problems do not affect your deep sense of peace and tranquility... Without this inner peace, no matter how comfortable your life is materially, you may still be worried, disturbed or unhappy because of circumstances.

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  Life, Spiritual, Keys

  The 14th Dalai Lama's Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1989.

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• If others are happy, we will be happy. If others suffer, ultimately we all suffer.

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  Helping Others, Suffering, Helping

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• Our ancient experience confirms at every point that everything is linked together, everything is inseparable.

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  Inspirational, Life, Together

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• Internal peace is an essential first step to achieving peace in the world. How do you cultivate it? It's very simple. In the first place by realizing clearly that all mankind is one, that human beings in every country are members of one and the same family.

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  Country, Simple, Diversity

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• I believe that the basic nature of human beings is gentle and compassionate. It is therefore in our own interest to encourage that nature, to make it live within us, to leave room for it to develop. If on the contrary we use violence, it is as if we voluntarily obstruct the positive side of human nature and prevent its evolution.

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  Believe, Healing, Rooms

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• Unlike physical progress, which is subject to natural restrictions, the qualities of the mind can be developed limitlessly.

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  Mind, Progress, Quality

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• A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir - a constant source of energy, determination, and kindness.

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  Determination, Kindness, Compassion

  Dalai Lama, Anne Benson, Fabien Ouaki (2016). “Imagine All the People: A Conversation with the Dalai Lama on Money, Politics, and Life As It Could Be”, p.120, Simon and Schuster

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• True enlightenment is nothing but the nature of one's own self being fully realized.

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  Self, Enlightenment, Self Being

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• We are visitors on this planet. We are here for one hundred years at the very most. During that period we must try to do something good, something useful, with our lives. if you contribute to other people's happiness, you will find the true meaning of life.

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  Years, People, Trying

  Dalai Lama XIV (1995). “My Tibet”, p.134, Univ of California Press

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