100+ Dalai Lama Quotes & Sayings

The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.
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Care Happiness Joy Self Love
We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.
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Affection Attachment Human Live Love Meditation Religion
Wherever you have friends that’s your country, and wherever you receive love, that’s your home.
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Country Friendship Home Love Receive
If there is no solution to the problem then don’t waste time worrying about it.
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Healing Hurt Problem Solution Trouble Worry
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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Believe Compassion Development Love Religion True
It is very rare or almost impossible that an event can be negative from all points of view.
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Impossible Inspirational Life Negative
Physically, emotionally, and mentally, we are all equal.
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Emotional Equality Mind One Liner Physical Same
A genuine, affectionate smile is very important in our day-to-day lives.
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Affection Attachment Genuine Life Live Smile
The enemy is the necessary condition for practicing patience.
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Condition Enemy Necessary One Liner Patience Practice
Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means; through dialogue, education, knowledge; and through humane ways.
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Dialogue Differences Education Human Knowledge Peace Solve
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
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Compassion Happiness Practice
Irrespective of whether we are believers or agnostics, whether we believe in God or karma, moral ethics is a code which everyone is able to pursue.
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Believe God Karma Pursue
Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man.
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Creature Life Man One Liner
A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals the secret of some hidden treasure.
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Friendship Goodness Hide Imperfection Mistake Respect Reveal Secret Treasure
We all experience pain when we suffer loss and joy when we achieve what we seek.
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Achievement Experience Joy Life Pain Seek Suffering
I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy.
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Believe Happiness Life One Liner Purpose
Love is the absence of judgment.
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Absence Judgement Love One Liner
Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
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Each Other Love Need Relationship Remember
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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Ability Create Happiness Joy Logic Suffering
World peace must develop from inner peace.
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Development-q One Liner Peace World
Someone else’s action should not determine your response.
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Action Determine One Liner Response

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