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I believe deeply that we must find, all of us together, a new spirituality.

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The root of happiness is altruism - the wish to be of service to others.
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Life does not wait: Whether we spend our lives meaningfully or not, the time will be used up moment by moment.
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I only escaped from Tibet because I feared my people would resort to desperate violence if the Chinese took me as their prisoner.
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We have a responsibility to look after our planet. It is our only home.
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When we are motivated by compassion and wisdom, the results of our actions benefit everyone, not just our individual selves.
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Compassion is the wish for another being to be free from suffering love is wanting them to have happiness.
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It's not enough to be compassionate. You must act.
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In some cases is keeping your mouth shut the best answer.
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For discovering one's true inner nature, I think one should try to take out some time, with quiet and relaxation, to think more inwardly and to investigate the inner world. That may help.
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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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No material object, however beautiful or valuable, can make us feel loved, because our deeper identity and true character lie in the subjective nature of the mind.
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All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.
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Once we have a firm practice of compassion our state of mind becomes stronger which leads to inner peace, giving rise to self-confidence, which reduces fear. This makes for constructive members of the community. Self-centredness on the other hand leads to distance, suspicion, mistrust and loneliness, with unhappiness as the result.
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