Dalai Lama Quotes - Page 5

• A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.

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  Inspirational, Inspiring, Insecure

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• To be kind, honest and have positive thoughts; to forgive those who harm us and treat everyone as a friend; to help those who are suffering and never to consider ourselves superior to anyone else: even if this advice seems rather simplistic, make the effort of seeing whether by following it you can find greater happiness.

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  Positive, Happiness, Forgiveness

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• All suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction.

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  Life, Spiritual, Pain

  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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• The greater the level of calmness of our mind, the greater our peace of mind, the greater our ability to enjoy a happy and joyful life.

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  Mind, Levels, Joyful

  The Dalai Lama (1997). “Healing Anger: The Power of Patience from a Buddhist Perspective”, p.9, Shambhala

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• The way to change others' minds is with affection, and not anger.

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  Life, Spiritual, Anger

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• Love and compassion benefit both ourselves and others. Through kindness to others, your heart and mind will be peaceful and open.

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  Love, Kindness, Heart

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• Look at children...
  If they feel angry with someone,
  they express it, and then it is finished.
  They can still play with that person the following day.

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  Children, Play, Looks

  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.34, Simon and Schuster

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• I think technology really increased human ability, but technology cannot produce compassion.

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  Technology, Thinking, Compassion

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• My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

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  Inspirational, Success, God

  "Tibet, a Guide to the Land of Fascination". Book by Trilok Chandra Majupuria and Indra Majupuria, 1988.

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• When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'

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  Being Happy, Practice, Contentment

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• If you want to change the world, first try to improve and bring about change within yourself. That will help change your family. From there it just gets bigger and bigger. Everything we do has some effect, some impact.

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  Inspirational, Impact, Trying

  Dalai Lama XIV (2009). “Worlds in Harmony: Compassionate Action for a Better World: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.44, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• When reason ends, then anger begins. Therefore, anger is a sign of weakness.

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  Weakness, Reason, Ends

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• We cannot learn real patience and tolerance from a guru or a friend. They can be practiced only when we come in contact with someone who creates unpleasant experiences. According to Shantideva, enemies are really good for us as we can learn a lot from them and build our inner strength.

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  Real, Tolerance, Enemy

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• Friends, genuine friends, are attracted by a warm heart, not money, not power. A genuine friend considers you as just another human being, as a brother or sister, and shows affection on that level, regardless of whether you are rich or poor, or in a high position; that is a genuine friend.

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  Brother, Heart, Rich Or Poor

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• If your heart has peace, nothing can disturb you.

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  Heart, Aging, Ifs

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• There can be no peace as long as there is grinding poverty, social injustice, inequality, oppression, environmental degradation, and as long as the weak and small continue to be trodden by the mighty and powerful.

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  Powerful, Long, Environmental

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• If we are demoralized, sad and only complain, we’ll not solve our problems. If we only pray for a solution, we’ll not solve our problems. We need to face them, to deal with them without violence, but with confidence - and never give up. If you adopt a non-violent approach, but are also hesitant within, you’ll not succeed. You have to have confidence and keep up your efforts - in other words, never give up.

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  Giving Up, Effort, Faces

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• We must generate courage equal to the size of the difficulties we face.

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  Faces, Size, Difficulty

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• When you are warm-hearted, there is no room for anger, jealousy or insecurity.

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  Insecurity, Rooms, Warm Hearted

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• A simple smile. That's the start of
  opening your heart and being
  compassionate to others.

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  Heart, Simple, Compassionate

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• Moving towards better rather than moving away from bad is an attitude of embracing life rather than rejecting it.

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  Attitude, Moving, Moving Away

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• 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.

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  Happiness, Hate, Feelings

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• If you can do something about a situation, why worry? And if you can't do something about a situation, why worry?

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  Worry, Situation, Can Do Something

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• Although you may not always be able to avoid difficult situations,you can modify the extent to which you can suffer by how you choose to respond to the situation.

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  Inspirational, Difficult Situations, Suffering

  Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.112, Penguin

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• To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. Rather than speaking badly about people and in ways that will produce friction and unrest in their lives, we should practice a purer perception of them, and when we speak of others, speak of their good qualities.

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  Practice, People, Perception

  Dalai Lama (1994). “The Path to Enlightenment”, p.114, Shambhala

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