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Dalai Lama
Leader
Born:
Jul 6
,
1935
Compassion
Good
People
Religion
Think
You
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Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Dalai Lama
Happiness
Made
Own
Something
Ready
Ready-Made
Your
Actions
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
Dalai Lama
Kindness
Religion
Simple
Very
Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that's very important for good health.
Dalai Lama
Health
Good
Strength
Good Health
Mind
Important
Calm
Self-Confidence
Very
Inner
Brings
Inner Strength
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.
Dalai Lama
Love
Humanity
Compassion
Luxuries
Without
Survive
Cannot
Them
Necessities
The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.
Dalai Lama
Good
Appreciation
Lie
Soil
Goodness
Roots
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
Dalai Lama
Kindness
Religion
Heart
Complicated
Simple
Own
Our
Philosophy
Temple
Temples
Brain
Need
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
Dalai Lama
Life
You
Hurt
Help Others
Others
Our
Purpose
Prime
Least
Them
Help
Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.
Dalai Lama
Day
Morning
Old
Important
Old Friends
New
Days
Like
Make
New Day
New Friends
Pass
Important Thing
Passes
Friend
Friends
Just
Meaningful
Appear
Away
Thing
Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.
Dalai Lama
Attitude
Loneliness
You
Anger
Suffering
Fear
Result
Too Much
Isolation
Too
Extreme
See
Self-Centered
Source
Much
Brings
We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
Dalai Lama
Peace
World
Ourselves
Outer
Outer World
Never
Until
Obtain
Make
A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.
Dalai Lama
Insecurity
Sense
Distrust
Results
Lack
Transparency
Deep
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
Dalai Lama
Hope
Judge
Focus
Darkest
Universe
Find
Do Not Judge
Days
Brightest
Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.
Dalai Lama
You
Will
Become
Angles
More
Open
Look
Situations
We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.
Dalai Lama
Religion
Affection
Live
Meditation
We Cannot
Without
Survive
Human
Cannot
There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
Dalai Lama
Kindness
Religion
Heart
Complicated
Philosophies
Philosophy
Temples
Brain
Need
When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way.
Dalai Lama
Life
Hope
Strength
Losing
Challenge
Thanks
Meet
Our
Way
Ways
Find
Able
Habits
Take
Buddha
Self-Destructive
React
Real
Falling
Been
Tragedy
Either
Teachings
Using
Inner
Second
Two
Inner Strength
Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
Dalai Lama
Ignorance
Peace
Master
Our
Possibility
Real
Where
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.
Dalai Lama
Happiness
Attitude
Good
Heart
Yourself
Good Heart
Will
Long
Important
Others
Possible
Both
Generate
Long-Term
Term
Come
Very
Short
Short-Term
Much
Good Attitude
When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'
Dalai Lama
You
Yourself
Practice
Contentment
Satisfied
Everything
Say
More
Never
Always
Discontent
Yes
Oh
Want
Really
Your
Desire
Need
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
Dalai Lama
Saying
Sometimes
Significant
Silent
Something
Remaining
Impression
Dynamic
Creates
Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.
Dalai Lama
Kindness
Religion
Compassion
Anyone
Whether
Who
Rebirth
Believes
Appreciate
All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment.
Dalai Lama
Love
Justice
Honesty
People
Try
Compassion
Contentment
Benefit
All Religions
Religions
Message
Same
Basic
Need
Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.
Dalai Lama
People
Believe
Tend
Investigate
He
Buddha
Buddhism
Open-Minded
Because
Command
Just
Interested
Urged
Them
Things
All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.
Dalai Lama
Love
Forgiveness
Daily
Compassion
Important
Our
Carry
Religious
Part
Major
Message
Important Thing
Traditions
Same
Should
Lives
Daily Lives
Thing
Basically
With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
Dalai Lama
World
Better
Better World
Build
Own
Ability
Potential
Self-Confidence
Realization
Because of lack of moral principle, human life becomes worthless. Moral principle, truthfulness, is a key factor. If we lose that, then there is no future.
Dalai Lama
Life
Future
Key
Lose
Worthless
Moral
No Future
Factor
Principle
Because
Becomes
Truthfulness
Lack
Human
Then
Human Life
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