Inner peace is the key: if you have inner peace, the external problems do not affect your deep sense of peace and tranquility.
DALAI LAMAIf 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!
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Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.
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Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.
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When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
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Time passes unhindered. When we make mistakes, we cannot turn the clock back and try again. All we can do is use the present well.
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Anger is the ultimate destroyer of your own peace of mind.
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Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.
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We all experience pain when we suffer loss and joy when we achieve what we seek.
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Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there.
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Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.
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Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man.
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It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.
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We create most of our suffering, so it should be logical that we also have the ability to create more joy.
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There is no guarantee that tomorrow at this time we will be here.
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We all aspire to happiness and we all shun suffering.
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To remain indifferent to the challenges we face is indefensible.
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Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
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When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.
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People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction.
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I have found that the greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion.
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I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
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If a problem can be solved it will be. If it can not be solved there is no use worrying about it.
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Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
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The enemy is the necessary condition for practicing patience.
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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
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It simply depends on the attitudes, the perspectives, and the reactions we bring to situations and to our relationships with other people.
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Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
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