Dalai Lama on alive
Dalai Lama96 quotes“Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive.”
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Inner peace is the key: if you have inner peace, the external problems do not affect your deep sense of peace and tranquility.
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Dalai LamaDalai Lama Seek to be an oasis of caring and concern as you live your life.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama Compassion is the radicalism of our time.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their own happiness or satisfaction.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama Happiness doesn’t always come from a pursuit. Sometimes it comes when we least expect it.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama All suffering is caused by ignorance.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama True change is within; leave the outside as it is.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama The way to change others’ minds is with affection, and not anger.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama Whether one is rich or poor, educated or illiterate, religious or nonbelieving, man or woman, black, white, or brown, we are all the same.
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Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres But it was now time for her to go away-to find someone who could show her what happiness was.
Lang LeavLang Leav Just because you haven’t seen how wonderful, beautiful, and special she is, doesn’t mean no one else will.
Norah RoseNorah Rose A memory is a star or a stain.
Aneena BijuAneena Biju Love her, but don’t forget to leave her wild.
Little PaulsonLittle Paulson Do your own thing and live your way of happiness.
Emily BockEmily Bock I’ve experienced departure far too much to have the courage and call anyone my own.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi More often than I am not, all I need is the rise of my own lungs – I am already complete.
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I am here and I’m alive. That’s enough.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz For me, the subject is of secondary importance: I want to convey what is alive between me and the subject.
Claude MonetClaude Monet We are most alive when we are loving and actively giving ourselves because we were made to do these things.
Francis ChanFrancis Chan Tragic breaks my heart but its when I feel most alive.
Lara-LeanLara-Lean Once you lose that sense of wonder at being alive, you’re pretty much on the way out.
David BowieDavid Bowie Jesus does not offer to make bad people good but to make dead people alive.
Ravi ZachariasRavi Zacharias There is only one pleasure-that of being alive. All the rest is misery.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese