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If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama The very purpose of our life is to seek happiness.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama An open heart is an open mind.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama If I am only happy for myself, many fewer chances for happiness. If I am happy when good things happen to other people, billions more chances to be happy!
Dalai LamaDalai Lama A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama Because we all share this planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. This is not just a dream, but a necessity.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama It is not enough to be compassionate, we must act.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama Human use, population, and technology have reached that certain stage where mother Earth no longer accepts our presence with silence.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama Sometimes when I meet old friends, it reminds me how quickly time passes.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama Wherever you have friends that’s your country, and wherever you receive love, that’s your home.
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans
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More on life
Every day is an opportunity to make a new happy ending. May you live all the days of your life.
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift Mum and dad were very much friends, and up to life. There was no anxiety for anything when I was growing up, they just taught me to be me.
Kate WinsletKate Winslet It’s a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven’t.
Maria CallasMaria Callas Your life is a mirror. Life gives us not what we want. Life gives us who we are.
Robin SharmaRobin Sharma Think big and don’t listen to people who tell you it can’t be done. Life’s too short to think small.
Tim FerrissTim Ferriss Determination can change your mind. Determination can change your heart. Determination can change your life altogether.
Sri ChinmoySri Chinmoy A wedding is and event, but marriage is a life.
Myles MunroeMyles Munroe There’s too much hurt in loving but too little life in not.
Marie-Kristin HofmannMarie-Kristin Hofmann