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Dalai Lama Inspirational Quotes (813)

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Peace of mind is the basis of a healthy body and a healthy mind so peace of mind, a calm mind, is very, very important.
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If you want change, create the causes.
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On occasions when u feel most hopeless, u must take powerful effort. We must persist in face of failure.
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Our business is to be happy.
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Whether or not we follow any particular spiritual tradition, the benefits of love and kindness are obvious to anyone.
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By deceiving one another through false assumptions and misrepresentations there has been, in reality, a great lapse and delay in achieving the real goals.
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When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
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If the work is worthwhile, then whether we can complete it or not, it's worth making the attempt. That's why courage is important.
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I believe deeply that we must find, all of us together, a new spirituality.
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We may be different races and religions but we are all part of the same human family
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Through constant familiarity, we can definitely establish new behavior patterns, using our tendency to form habits to our advantage. If we make a steady effort, I think we can overcome any form of negative conditioning and make positive changes in our lives. But we need to remember that genuine change doesn't happen overnight.
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Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.
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People think of animals as if they were vegetables, and that is not right. We have to change the way people think about animals. I encourage the Tibetan people and all people to move toward a vegetarian diet that doesn’t cause suffering.
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Ignorance is the source of hatred, and the way to get rid of ignorance is realization.
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World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.
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Compassion suits our physical condition, whereas anger, fear and distrust are harmful to our well-being. Therefore, just as we learn the importance of physical hygiene to physical health, to ensure healthy minds, we need to learn some kind of emotional hygiene.
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The female biologically [has] more potential to show affection and compassion.
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Affection is important because it counters anger, hatred and suspicion that can prevent our minds from functioning clearly.
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True friends share genuine closeness and remain friends irrespective of fluctuating fortunes.
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We have to have some form of politics. Politics is a form of resolving conflicts. Politics which comes from sincere motivation is constructive.
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To develop genuine devotion, you must know the meaning of teachings. The main emphasis in Buddhism is to transform the mind, and this transformation depends upon meditation. in order to meditate correctly, you must have knowledge.
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To me there is no difference whether president, beggar, or king.
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There are differences between us. But it doesn't make sense to emphasize that, because my future and yours is connected with everyone else's. So we have to take seriously our concern for all of humanity. When we focus on our individuality, humanity inevitably suffers. And once humanity suffers, each one of us will also suffer.
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Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.
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