Dalai Lama Quotes, Buddhism Quotes, Self Quotes

Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, that's important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences.

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China can keep her troops on the external frontiers of Tibet, and Tibetans will pledge to accept the appropriate form of union with China.

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Compassion is a mental quality that can bring us true lasting inner peace and inner strength.

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One of the most effective ways to overcome anxiety is to try to shift the focus of attention away from self and toward others. When we succeed in this, we find that the scale of our own problems diminishes. This is not to say we should ignore our own needs altogether, but rather that we should try to remember others' needs alongside our own, no matter how pressing ours may be

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What is important is to see how we can best lead a meaningful everyday life, how we can bring about peace and harmony in our minds, how we can help contribute to society.

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A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you.

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If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

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For Tibetans, the real strength of our struggle is truth - not size, money, or expertise.

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Peace isn't the mere absence of violence; peace must come from inner peace. And inner peace comes from taking others’ interests into account.

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Mental happiness is more important than physical comfort. Physical comfort comes from the material. But material facilities cannot provide you with peace of mind.

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Appreciate how rare and full of potential your situation is in this world, then take joy in it, and use it to your best advantage.

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I always have the feeling that I'm just another human being.

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The very purpose of meditation is to discipline the mind and reduce afflictive emotions.

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The proper way to create friends is to have a warm heart, not simply money or power. The friend of power and the friend of money are something different.

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Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures.

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It is in everybody's interest to seek those [actions] that lead to happiness and avoid those which lead to suffering. And because our interests are inextricably linked, we are compelled to accept ethics as the indispensable interface between my desire to be happy and yours.

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At the beginning of this century, people never questioned the effectiveness of war, never thought there could be real peace. Now, people are tired of war and see it as ineffective in solving anything.

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I try to treat whoever I meet as an old friend [with dignity, with honor].

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Everyday, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.

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The way to develop inner peace through meditation begins with the recognition that the destroyer of inner peace is not some external foe, but is within us. Therefore, the solution is within us too. However, that inner change does not take place immediately in the way that we switch on a light, but takes weeks, months and years.

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