100+ Dalai Lama Quotes & Sayings

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
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Darkness Day Finding Focus Hope Judgement Universe
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
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Kindness One Liner Religion
In order to lead a meaningful life, you need to cherish others, pay attention to human values and try to cultivate inner peace.
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Attention Cherish Cultivate Human Life Need Peace Value
The proper utilization of our intelligence and knowledge is to effect changes from within to develop a good heart.
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Change Development Education Effect Goodness Heart Intelligence Knowledge Utilization
People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction.
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Happiness Pain People Satisfaction Selfish
Anger is the ultimate destroyer of your own peace of mind.
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Angry Destroy Mind One Liner Peace Ultimate
Take care of others wholeheartedly, of both our friends and our enemies. This is the basis for true compassion.
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Care Compassion Enemy Friendship Take Care
When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.
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Inspirational Learning Listen Repeat Talk
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.
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Compassion Humanity Love Luxury Necessity Survival
Proper utilization of time is so important.
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One Liner Time Utilization Value
If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.
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Harm Helping Hurt
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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Attitude People Perspective Reaction Relationship Situation
Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive.
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Alive Fortunate Inspirational One Liner Wake Up
One problem with our current society is that we have an attitude towards education.
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Attitude Education Problem Society
The more time you spend thinking about yourself, the more suffering you will experience.
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Experience Suffering Thinking Time
Open your arms to change but don’t let go of your values.
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Arms Change Healing Inspirational One Liner Value
I defeat my enemies when I make them my friends.
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Defeat Enemy Friendship One Liner Success Victory
The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.
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Goals Healing Man Myself
Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
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Ignorance Master One Liner Peace Possibility
Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
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Ignorance Master One Liner Peace Possibility
Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there.
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Absence Conflict Differences Peace
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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Deep Key Peace Problem Tranquility Trouble
Pain is inevitable,suffering is optional.
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Inevitable One Liner Pain Suffering
Seek to be an oasis of caring and concern as you live your life.
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Care Life Live One Liner Seek
Compassion is the radicalism of our time.
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Compassion One Liner Time
Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives.
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Appearance Arrive Friendship
If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.
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Entrepreneur Mosquito Sleep Thinking

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