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We have a responsibility to look after our planet. It is our only home.

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I think technology really increased human ability, but technology cannot produce compassion.
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If there is no solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it. If there is a solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it.
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Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.
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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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Brute force, no matter how strongly applied, can never subdue the basic human desire for freedom.
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When we encounter suffering, it is important to respond w/ compassion rather than to question the politics of those we help.
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Helping others is not limited to providing food, shelter, and so forth, but includes relieving the basic causes of suffering and providing the basic causes of happiness.
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Compassion, along with love, is the face of altruism.
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A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir - a constant source of energy, determination, and kindness.
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I have three commitments. Number one commitment is promotion of human value. Number two commitment is promotion of race harmony. Number three commitment is about Tibet. My retirement is the third commitment. The previous two commitments, to my death, I have committed.
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When you engage in fulfilling the needs of others, your own needs are fulfilled as a by-product.
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The various features and aspects of human life, such as longevity, good health, success, happiness, and so forth, which we consider desirable, are all dependent on kindness and a good heart.
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The proper use of our intelligence and knowledge is to effect changes from within to develop a good heart.
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There is a saying in Tibetan that at the door of the miserable rich man sleeps the contented beggar. The point of this saying is not that poverty is a virtue, but that happiness does not come with wealth, but from setting limits to one's desires, and living within those limits with satisfaction.
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In some places, there's the concept of one religion, one truth. In the Muslim world, there's the notion of Allah. The Western, multireligious modern society is some kind of a challenge to this. These, I feel, are the main causes [for terrorism], and, when combined with lots of anger and frustration, cause a huge amount of hate.
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Our every action has a universal dimension, a potential impact on others' happiness.
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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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We must work to resolve conflicts in a spirit of reconciliation and always keep in mind the interests of others. We cannot destroy our neighours! We cannot ignore their interests!
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Happiness is determined more by one's state of mind than by external events.
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