If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.
DALAI LAMAAll suffering is caused by ignorance.
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People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness.
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Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive.
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Someone else’s action should not determine your response.
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An open heart is an open mind.
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The proper utilization of our intelligence and knowledge is to effect changes from within to develop a good heart.
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There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow.
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Our ancient experience confirms at every point that everything is linked together, everything is inseparable.
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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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Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
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In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher.
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An eye for an eye. We are all blind.
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Love and Compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion.
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We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.
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Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means; through dialogue, education, knowledge; and through humane ways.
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People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction.
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