Dalai Lama Quotes - Page 9

• Try to remain truthful. The power of truth never declines. Force and violence may be effective in the short term, but in the long run it's truth that prevails.

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  Inspirational, Running, Wisdom

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• Silence is sometimes the best answer

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  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Like the lotus which thrives in mud, the potential for realization grows in the rich soil of everyday life

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  Everyday, Lotuses, Realization

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• The real enemy of happiness is the mind's fixations and delusions... If you have the right mind, you can overcome anything - you can be happy, no matter what.

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  Real, Mind, Enemy

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• It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

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  Love, Inspirational, Family

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.17, Penguin Books India

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• I feel that compassionate thought is the most precious thing there is. It is something that only we human beings can develop. And if we have a good heart, a warm heart, warm feelings, we will be happy and satisfied ourselves, and our friends will experience a friendly and peaceful atmosphere as well. This can be experienced community to community, country to country, continent to continent.

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  Positive, Happy, Friends

  "Kindness, Clarity, and Insight".

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• The world will be saved by the western woman.

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  Humility, Balance, World

  "The Dalai Lama’s Amazing Proclamation to Women!" by Ariane de Bonvoisin, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 17, 2009.

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• The real destroyer of inner peace is fear and distrust. Fear develops frustration, frustration develops anger, anger develops violence.

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  Trust, Wisdom, Peace

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• 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.

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  Happiness, Benefits, World

  "3 Keys to Lasting Happiness" by Randy Taran, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 12, 2011.

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• Afflictive emotions - our jealousy, anger, hatred, fear - can be put to an end. When you realize that these emotions are only temporary, that they always pass on like clouds in the sky, you also realize they can ultimately be abandoned.

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  Emotional, Clouds, Sky

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• There is only one important point you must keep in your mind and let it be your guide. No matter what people call you, you are just who you are. Keep to this truth. You must ask yourself how is it you want to live your life. We live and we die, this is the truth that we can only face alone. No one can help us, not even the Buddha. So consider carefully, what prevents you from living the way you want to live your life?

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  Life, Spiritual, People

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• We are driven by self-interest, it’s necessary to survive. But we need wise self-interest that is generous and co-operative, taking others’ interests into account. Co-operation comes from friendship, friendship comes from trust, and trust comes from kind-heartedness. Once you have a genuine sense of concern for others, there’s no room for cheating, bullying or exploitation.

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  Wise, Bullying, Cheating

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• If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.

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  Peace, Inspiration, Humanity

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• Soul is at home in the deep, shaded valleys. Heavy torpid flowers saturated with black grow there. The rivers flow like warm syrup. They empty into huge oceans of soul.

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  Ocean, Flower, Home

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• Look at children. Of course they may quarrel, but generally speaking they do not harbor ill feelings as much or as long as adults do. Most adults have the advantage of education over children, but what is the use of an education if they show a big smile while hiding negative feelings deep inside? Children don�t usually act in such a manner. 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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  Life, Spiritual, Children

  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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• Through violence, you may 'solve' one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.

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  Inspirational, Buddhist, Compassion

  "Dzogchen: Heart Essence of the Great Perfection" by Dalai Lama, Snow Lion Publications, 2004.

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• Good human qualities-honesty, sincerity, a good heart-cannot be bought with money, nor can they be produced my machines, but only by the mind itself. We can call this the inner light, or God's blessing, or human qualitity. This is the essence of mankind.

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  Honesty, Heart, Blessing

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• I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.

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  Inspirational, Positive, Encouraging

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• Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute.

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  Reality, Way, Appearance

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• When we are caught up in a destructive emotion, we lose one of our greatest assets: our independence.

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  Independence, Emotion, Assets

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• If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.

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  Life, Worry, Needs

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• Compassion is the radicalism of our time.

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  Life, Spiritual, Inspiration

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• Without love we could not survive. Human beings are social creatures,
  and a concern for each other is the very basis of our life together.

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  Together, Social, Concern

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• I think in many ways narrow minded-attitudes lead to extreme thinking.

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  Spiritual, Attitude, Thinking

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• So the smart brain must be balanced with a warm heart, a good heart -a sense of responsibility, of concern for the well-being of others.

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  Spiritual, Smart, Heart

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