Dalai Lama Quotes - Page 34

• The key to human happiness lies within our own state of mind, and so too do the primary obstacles to that happiness.

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  Happiness, Lying, Keys

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• The most important benefit of patience consists in the way it acts as a powerful antidote to the affliction of anger.

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  Powerful, Inspiration, Important

  The Dalai Lama, Alexander Norman (2010). “Ancient Wisdom, Modern World: Ethics for the New Millennium”, p.68, Hachette UK

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• In this century we have made remarkable material progress, but basically we are the same as we were thousands of years ago. Our spiritual needs are still very great.

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  Spiritual, Years, Progress

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• When our mind is calm, we’re better able to find peace of mind and live a joyful life.

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  Mind, Able, Calm

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• To foster inner awareness, introspection, and reasoning is more efficient than meditation and prayer.

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  Prayer, Meditation, Awareness

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• It is important not to allow ourselves to be put off by the magnitude of others' suffering. The misery of millions is not a cause for pity. Rather it is a cause for compassion.

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  Compassion, Suffering, Important

  The Dalai Lama, Alexander Norman (2010). “Ancient Wisdom, Modern World: Ethics for the New Millennium”, p.75, Hachette UK

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• His Holiness Pope John Paul II was a determined and deeply spiritual minded person for whom I had great respect and admiration. His experience in Poland, then a communist country, and my own difficulties with communists, gave us an immediate common ground

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  Spiritual, Country, Holiness

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• I feel they should be discussed informally, truthfully, honestly, and in some cases, I think, without forgetting ... long-term vision. They should be practical.

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  Thinking, Long, Vision

  "World religions converge at U.N. conference". www.cnn.com. August 29, 2000.

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• To seek solitude like a wild animal. That is my only ambition.

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  Ambition, Animal, Solitude

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• We had a rule in Tibet that anyone proposing a new invention had to guarentee that it was beneficial, or at least harmless, for seven generations of humans before it could be adopted.

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  Generations, New Inventions, Seven

  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.48, Simon and Schuster

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• As our own peace of mind grows, so the atmosphere around us becomes more peaceful.

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  Peaceful, Atmosphere, Mind

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• Human beings are not intrinsically selfish, which isolates us from others. We are essentially social animals who depend on others to meet our needs. We achieve happiness, prosperity and progress through social interaction. Therefore, having a kind and helpful attitude contributes to our own and others' happiness.

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  Happiness, Buddhist, Attitude

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• We must recognize that the suffering of one person or one nation is the suffering of humanity.

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  Inspirational, Humanity, Suffering

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• Kindness is the key to peace and harmony in family life.

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  Kindness, Keys, Harmony

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.24, Penguin Books India

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• It is vital that when educating our children's brains that we do not neglect to educate their hearts.

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  Inspiring, Children, Heart

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• Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that's very important for good health.

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  Strength, Self Confidence, Calm Mind

  "What The Dalai Lama Thinks Of The Mindful Revolution". www.huffingtonpost.com. February 26, 2014.

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• Disagreement is something normal.

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  Normal, Disagreement

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• Not only can I not recall my experiences in my previous lives, sometimes I can't even remember what I did yesterday.

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  Yesterday, Remember, Sometimes

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• We can wake ourselves up, discover in ourselves an energy that was hidden there, and act with more clarity, more force.

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  Energy, Clarity, Force

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.308, Penguin Books India

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• Artists have the responsibility to serve humanity give people hope.

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  Responsibility, Artist, People

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• I request you to try to be warm-hearted. I ask this of you because these mental attitudes actually bring us happiness.

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  Attitude, Trying, Request

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• Happiness that depends mainly on physical pleasure is unstable; one day it's there, the next day it may not be.

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  Next Day, One Day, May

  Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.40, Penguin

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• Wisdom and inner peace must be created by yourself.

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  Inner Peace

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• To combat hatred directed toward a person, a Buddhist cultivates loving kindness toward that person.

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  Buddhist, Kindness, Hatred

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• The only way to fail is to quit.

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  Way, Quitting, Failing

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