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Dalai Lama Quotes
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This generation has a responsibility to reshape the world. Start the task even if it will not be fulfilled in your lifetime. Even if it seems hopeless now, never give up. Offer a positive vision, with enthusiasm and joy, and an optimistic outlook (Dalai Lama Quotes)
We need to make material progress, but we need inner development too... remember that the real development we seek is not in the buildings but in our hearts and minds (Dalai Lama Quotes)
Hatred, jealousy, and fear hinder peace of mind. When you’re angry or unforgiving, for example, your mental suffering is constant. It is better to forgive than to spoil your peace of mind with ill feelings (Dalai Lama Quotes)
I have never been any place where I was not first invited. And upon invitation, if I feel that there is potential for making some contribution to humanity, I will comply in spite of being tired (Dalai Lama Quotes)
Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something’s wrong. He’s not right in the brain (Dalai Lama Quotes)
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe (Dalai Lama Quotes)
It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come (Dalai Lama Quotes)
The time has come to educate people, to cease all quarrels in the name of religion, culture, countries, different political or economic systems. Fighting is useless. Suicide (Dalai Lama Quotes)
World belongs to humanity, not this leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity (Dalai Lama Quotes)
The whole purpose of religion is to facilitate love and compassion, patience, tolerance, humility, and forgiveness (Dalai Lama Quotes)
To remain indifferent to the challenges we face is indefensible. If the goal is noble, whether or not it is realized within our lifetime is largely irrelevant. What we must do therefore is to strive and persevere and never give up (Dalai Lama Quotes)
Learn and obey the rules very well so you will know how to break them properly (Dalai Lama Quotes)
If you shift your focus from yourself to others, extend your concern to others, and cultivate the thought of caring for the well being of others, then this will have the immediate effect of opening up your life and helping you to reach out (Dalai Lama Quotes)
It is worth remembering that the time of greatest gain in terms of wisdom and inner strength is often that of greatest difficulty (Dalai Lama Quotes)
I am open to the guidance of synchronicity, and do not let expectations hinder my path (Dalai Lama Quotes)
What is the purpose of life? I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy (Dalai Lama Quotes)
Women have the capacity to lead us to a more peaceful world with compassion, affection, and kindness (Dalai Lama Quotes)
Religion is like going out to dinner with friends. Everyone may order something different, but everyone can still sit at the same table (Dalai Lama Quotes)
It is vital that when educating our children’s brains that we do not neglect to educate their hearts (Dalai Lama Quotes)
I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and a sense of universal responsibility with or without religion (Dalai Lama Quotes)
Feelings of anger, bitterness, and hate are negative. If I kept those inside me, they would spoil my body and my health. The are of no use (Dalai Lama Quotes)
Modern education is premised strongly on materialistic values. It is vital that when educating our children’s brains that we do not neglect to educate their hearts, a key element of which has to be the nurturing of our compassionate nature (Dalai Lama Quotes)
Patience as we wait to take action is a kind of compassionate mind. Impatience on the other hand can be a source of failure (Dalai Lama Quotes)
If we wish to ensure everyone’s peace and happiness we need to cultivate a healthy respect for the diversity of our peoples and cultures, founded on an understanding of this fundamental sameness of all human beings (Dalai Lama Quotes)
True happiness comes from having a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved by cultivating altruism, love and compassion, and by eliminating anger, selfishness and greed (Dalai Lama Quotes)
Because of the great differences in our ways of thinking, it is inevitable that we have different religions and faiths. Each has its own beauty. And it is much better that we live together on the basis of mutual respect and mutual admiration (Dalai Lama Quotes)
Like the lotus which thrives in mud, the potential for realization grows in the rich soil of everyday life (Dalai Lama Quotes)
We human beings are social beings. We come into the world as the result of others’ actions. We survive here in dependence on others. Whether we like it or not, there is hardly a moment of our lives when we do not benefit from others’ activities. For this reason, it is hardly surprising that most of our happiness arises in the context of our relationships with others (Dalai Lama Quotes)
Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger. Instead of getting angry nurture a deep caring and respect for troublemakers because by creating such trying circumstances they provide us with invaluable opportunities to practice tolerance and patience (Dalai Lama Quotes)
Every single being, even those who are hostile to us, is just as afraid of suffering as we are, and seeks happiness in the same way we do. Every person has the same right as we do to be happy and not to suffer. So let’s take care of others wholeheartedly, of both our friends and our enemies. This is the basis for true compassion (Dalai Lama Quotes)