If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.
DALAI LAMAAn eye for an eye. We are all blind.
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We all experience pain when we suffer loss and joy when we achieve what we seek.
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Pain is inevitable,suffering is optional.
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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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Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
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Anger is the ultimate destroyer of your own peace of mind.
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One problem with our current society is that we have an attitude towards education.
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Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
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When it comes to personal happiness there is a lot that we as individuals can do.
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Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there.
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Every person has the same right as we do to be happy and not to suffer.
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Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
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Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
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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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When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.
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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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