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Dalai Lama Quotes
«Basically we are all the same human beings with the same potential to be a good human being or a bad human being ... The important thing is to realize the positive side and try to increase that; realize the negative side and try to reduce. That's the way.»
Author: Dalai Lama
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basically, Human potential, increase, negative, potential, reduce, The Negative
«If one's life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have, is very vital: satisfaction with just enough food, clothing, and shelter to protect yourself from the elements. And finally, there is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation.»
Author: Dalai Lama
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abandoning, clothing, contentment, cultivating, delight, desires, elements, extremely, faulty, finally, food, helpful, intense, meditation, meditations, protect, satisfaction, satisfied, shelter, simplicity, States, The Elements, vital
«To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. Rather than speaking badly about people and in ways that will produce friction and unrest in their lives, we should practice a purer perception of them, and when we speak of others, speak of their good qualities.»
Author: Dalai Lama
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aware, a thousand, badly, friction, good practice, oneself, perception, practice, produce, purer, qualities, shortcoming, Somebody else, speaking, unrest, useful, ways, well aware
«Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combating negative emotions, should be a defensive measure. At least we will be able to prevent the advent of negative conduct dominated by negative emotion. That is 'shila', or moral ethics. Once we develop this by familiarizing ourselves with it, along with mindfulness and conscientiousness, eventually that pattern and way of life will become a part of our own life.»
Author: Dalai Lama
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advent, combating, conscientiousness, defensive, defensive measure, dominated, dominated by, ethics, eventually, familiarize, familiarizes, familiarizing, mindfulness, of our own, pattern, self-discipline, The Conduct of Life, way of life
«Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.»
Author: Dalai Lama
| About:
Life,
Mankind,
Responsibility,
World
| Keywords:
characterize, characterized, forms, sense of responsibility, universal
«Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.»
Author: Dalai Lama
| Keywords:
creates, dynamic, impression, remaining, significant, significant other, silent, The Impressions
«It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.»
Author: Dalai Lama
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and others, as much as possible, generate, generating, short-term, term, The Long
«I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultiv»
Author: Dalai Lama
| About:
Pain
| Keywords:
caused, contentment, inflict, inflicting, in turn, pursuit, satisfaction, selfish
«The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.»
Author: Dalai Lama
| Keywords:
analysis, authority, critical, critical analysis, The Ultimate, ultimate