Dalai Quotes

• You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change.

  John Cleese

  Funny, Life, Sarcastic

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• People are surprised at how down-to-earth I am. I like to stay home on Friday nights and listen to 'The Art of Happiness' by the Dalai Lama.

  Carmen Electra

  Friday, Art, Home

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• The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpose of our lives. Through his teachings and leadership, he continues to make this world a better place in which to live.

  Sidney Sheldon

  Happiness, Wise, Believe

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• The Dalai Lama was once asked for his favorite chant, and he said it was better not to have a favorite anything, which I think is a great thought.

  Jeremy Piven

  Thinking, Said, Lama

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• The book is a dialogue between The Dalai Lama and a group of scientists about how we can better handle our destructive emotions and how to overcome them.

  Daniel Goleman

  Book, Overcoming, Groups

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• Hundreds of political prisoners still suffer in Tibetan prisons. Freedom of speech is not allowed in any sense. It is illegal to possess a photo of the Dalai Lama.

  Joanna Lumley

  Political, Freedom Of Speech, Suffering

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I asked Dalai Lama the most important question that I think you could ask - if he had ever seen Caddyshack.

  Jesse Ventura

  Thinking, Important, Lama

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• What the Dalai Lama had to resolve was whether to stay in Tibet or leave. He wanted to stay, but staying would have meant the total destruction of Tibet, because he would have died and that would have ripped the heart out of his people.

  Martin Scorsese

  Heart, People, Destruction

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• I also saw the Dalai Lama a few times.

  Martin Scorsese

  Saws, Lama

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• The Dalai Lama said that he thinks mother's love is the best symbol for love and compassion, because it is totally disinterested.

  Richard Gere

  Mother, Love Is, Thinking

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• Maybe the Dalai Lama is the only person who is totally honest, and even with him, he's skillful not to hurt anybody. He's skillful.

  Richard Gere

  Hurt, Honest, Lama

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• I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passes away.

  Dalai Lama

  Struggle, Views, Passing Away

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• It turned out this man worked for the Dalai Lama. And she said gently-that they believe when a lot of things start going wrong all at once, it is to protect something big and lovely that is trying to get itself born-and that this something needs for you to be distracted so that it can be born as perfectly as possible.

  Anne Lamott

  Buddhist, Believe, Men

  Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, Anchor

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• His Holiness [the Dalai Lama] has told me, urgently and repeatedly, that he thinks my photographs are crap. His exact words were, 'These photos are of poor quality. Why is there no sharp focus? There is no clarity!' I said, 'But your Holiness, it's Goyaesque.' And he said, 'No! It's out of focus!'

  Richard Gere

  Photography, Thinking, Poor Quality

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• One Mongolian leader became a very, very brutal dictator and eventually became a murderer. Previously, he was a monk, and then he became a revolutionary. Under the influence of his new ideology, he actually killed his own teacher. Pol Pot's family background was Buddhist. Whether he himself was a Buddhist at a young age, I don't know. Even Chairman Mao's family background was Buddhist. So one day, if the Dalai Lama becomes a mass murderer, he will become the most deadly of mass murderers.

  Dalai Lama

  Teacher, Buddhist, Leader

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. January 1, 2006.

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• Democratic institutions are necessary and very important, and if I remained at the head of government, it could be an obstacle to democratic practice. Also, if I were to remain, then I would have to join one of the parties. If the Dalai Lama joins one party, then that makes it hard for the system to work.

  Dalai Lama

  Party, Government, Practice

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• One of the things that people sense is that you are not doing this for self-glorification, you are doing it for the sake of others. The Dalai Lama has been in exile for so many years, yet the Chinese are running scared of him.

  Desmond Tutu

  Running, Self, Years

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• If I am practicing spiritual poverty, which says that I own nothing, then the problems aren't mine and neither are the energy and compassion pouring through my heart to try to solve them. I am just a link in the process. If I don't take anything personally, then I can do great work without flagging. The Dalai Lama once said, 'Try with all your might - to work very, very hard - to make the world a better place, and if all your efforts are to no avail . . . no hard feelings!'

  Bo Lozoff

  Spiritual, Heart, Compassion

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• The word 'heart' can refer to an emotional bond between people, and also to the precious faculty of empathy, an 'open heart', which means sharing the feelings of another and includes an outflow of goodwill towards our fellow humans and all life forms. This, of course, is what the Dalai Lama refers to when he says "my religion is kindness", and is closely related to the ability to feel compassion.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Kindness, Mean, Heart

  "Where Are You Now? An Interview with Eckhart Tolle". Interview with Stephen Gawtry, www.watkinsmagazine.com. November 4, 2014.

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• We need a sense of the oneness of the 7 billion human beings alive today. When I meet people, I don't think about being different from them, about being Tibetan, Buddhist or even the Dalai Lama. I only think about being a human being. We all share the potential for positive and negative emotions, yet one of our special qualities is our human mind, our intelligence. If we use it well we'll be successful and happy.

  Dalai Lama

  Buddhist, Successful, Thinking

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• A female Dalai Lama must be very attractive, otherwise not much use.

  Dalai Lama

  Female, Use, Attractive

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• Dalai Lama's got nothing on me.

  Jimmy McGill

  Lama

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• The Dalai Lama once said that 'If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change!' This is a great thought! And great thoughts belong to great men only!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Change, Buddhism, Science

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• I do not respect the Dalai Lama. He's a political power broker. The Dalai Lama is not honorable to me.

  Ashin Wirathu

  Political, Honorable, Lama

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• The Dalai Lama says Tibet and the modern world can engage in a conversation; perhaps Tibet has something to share with the rest of us based on its researches into mind, and we have a lot that we can share with Tibet.

  Pico Iyer

  Mind, Research, World

  "Interview: Pico Iyer". Interview with Felicia M. Tomasko, LA Yoga Magazine: May 2008: Volume 7/No. 5, layoga.com. April 26, 2008.

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