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Dalai Lama Inspirational Quotes (813)

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Despite all philosophical differences, all major world religions have the same potential to create good human beings.
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If we can cultivate a concern for others, keeping in mind the oneness of humanity, we can build a more compassionate world.
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Once you encourage the thought of compassion in your mind, once it becomes active, then your attitude towards others changes automatically.
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If science proves facts that conflict with Buddhist understanding, Buddhism must change accordingly. We should always adopt a view that accords with the facts.
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There is often a big disparity between the way in which we perceive things and the way things really are.
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The way to overcome negative thoughts and destructive emotions is to develop opposing, positive emotions that are stronger and more powerful.
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Anger and hatred are the real enemies that we must confront and defeat, not the 'enemies' who appear from time to time in our lives.
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One country ... one ideology, one system is not sufficient. It is helpful to have a variety of different approaches ... We can then make a joint effort to solve the problems of the whole of humankind.
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Our enemies provide us with a precious opportunity to practice patience and love. We should have gratitude toward them.
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A positive future cannot emerge from the mind of anger of despair
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Human use, population, and technology have reached that certain stage where mother Earth no longer accepts our presence with silence.
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Spirituality actually must be above politics. Or some other sort of business.
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A Compassionate state of mind brings inner peace, and therefore a healthier body.
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Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
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Overcoming negative tendencies and enhancing positive potential are the very essence of the spiritual path.
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The source of peace is within us so also the source of war. And the real enemy is within us, and not outside. The source of war is not the existence of nuclear weapons or other arms. It is the minds of human beings who decide to push the button and to use those arms out of hatred, anger or greed.
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While it is all very well to distinguish happiness that is transient from that which is lasting, between ephemeral and genuine happiness, the only happiness it is meaningful to speak of when a person is dying from thirst is access to water.
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If you have religious faith, very good, you can add on secular ethics, then religious belief, add on it, very good. But even those people who have no interest about religion, okay, it's not religion, but you can train through education.
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War is out of date, obsolete.
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The greatest antidote to insecurity & sense of fear is compassion. It brings one back to the basis of one's inner strength.
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True compassion is not just an emotional response, but a firm commitment founded on reason. Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change, even if they behave negatively. Through universal altruism, you develop a feeling of responsibility for others: the wish to help them actively overcome their problems.
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At the beginning of this century, people never questioned the effectiveness of war, never thought there could be real peace. Now, people are tired of war and see it as ineffective in solving anything.
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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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It is not enough to belong to a religion. You also have to put it into practice. Religion is like medicine. You have to ingest it to combat the illness.
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