Dalai Lama Quotes - Page 6

• If you have peace of mind, when you meet with problems and difficulties they won’t disturb your inner peace. You’ll be able to employ your human intelligence more effectively. But, if your mental state is disturbed, full of emotion, it is very difficult to cope with problems, because the mind that is full of emotion is biased, unable to see reality. So whatever you do will be unrealistic and naturally fail.

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  Reality, Inner Peace, Mind

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• Man sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.

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  Sacrifice, Men, Order

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• If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another. If you wish to know that you are safe, cause another to know that they are safe. If you wish to better understand seemingly incomprehensible things, help another to better understand. If you wish to heal your own sadness or anger, seek to heal the sadness or anger of another.

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  Peace, Sadness, Meditation

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• Someone else's action should not determine your response.

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  Inspirational, Action, Should

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• A thousand candles can be lit from one candle, however the life of the original candle is not shortened in the least.

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  Thousand, Lit, Originals

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• Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• You must not hate those who do wrong or harmful things; but with compassion, you must do what you can to stop them — for they are harming themselves, as well as those who suffer from their actions.

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  Inspirational, Hate, Compassion

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• Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.

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  Believe, People, Command

  Interview with Robert Thurman, www.motherjones.com. November 1997.

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• I believe that whether a person follows any religion or not is unimportant, he or she must have a good heart, a warm heart.

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  Believe, Heart, Religion

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• If we have a positive mental attitude, then even when surrounded by hostility, we shall not lack inner peace.

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  Attitude, Inner Peace, Ifs

  "5 Ways to Peace for Control Freaks" by Kathryn Remati, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 20, 2015.

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• I am increasingly convinced that the time has come to find a way of thinking about spirituality and ethics beyond religion altogether.

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  Thinking, Way, Ethics

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• Spend 5 minutes breathing in, cherishing yourself; and, breathing out cherishing others. If you think about people you have difficulty cherishing, extend your cherishing to them anyway.

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  Buddhist, Thinking, Breathing

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• Many people think that patience is a sign of weakness.
  I think this is a mistake. It is anger that is a sign of
  weakness, whereas patience is a sign of strength

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  Patience, Mistake, Thinking

  Dalai Lama (2009). “For the Benefit of All Beings: A Commentary on the Way of the Bodhisattva”, p.58, Shambhala Publications

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• If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

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  Helping Others, Compassion, Support

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• The nature of our motivation determines the character of our work.

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  Motivation, Character, Determine

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• Those who suffer from an exaggerated sense of their own ability and accomplishment are continually subject to frustration, disappointment, and rage when reality intrudes and the world doesn't validate their idealized view of themselves.

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  Disappointment, Pride, Frustration

  Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.192, Penguin

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• Women have the capacity to lead us to a more peaceful world with compassion, affection, and kindness.

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  Kindness, Compassion, Peaceful

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• I don't know whether the universe, with its countless galaxies, stars and planets, has a deeper meaning or not, but at the very least, it is clear that we humans who live on this earth face the task of making a happy life for ourselves. Therefore, it is important to discover what will bring about the greatest degree of happiness.

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  Inspirational, Stars, Happy Life

  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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• When you hate someone intensely, 80% of what you think is delusion.

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  Hate, Thinking, Politics

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• Easy times are the enemy, they put us to sleep. Adversity is our friend, it wakes us up

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  Adversity, Sleep, Enemy

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• Spend 5 minutes at the beginning of each day remembering we all want the same things (to be happy and be loved) and we are all connected to one another.

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  Buddhist, Each Day, Want

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• The more we think of others, the happier we are. The more we think of ourselves, the more suffering we feel.

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  Happiness, Thinking, Compassion

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• True friendship develops not as a result of money or power but on the basis of genuine human affection.

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  True Friend, Affection, Results

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• Each of us has the potential to contribute... You have a great opportunity to make a new shape of the world.

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  Opportunity, World, Shapes

  "Dalai Lama urges students to shape world" by Hal Bernton, community.seattletimes.nwsource.com. May 15, 2001.

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• Smile if you want a smile from another face.

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  Want, Faces, Ifs

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