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It is most regrettable that nuclear energy is being harnessed for making nuclear weapons.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Energy
Weapons
Most
Making
Being
Regrettable
Nuclear
Nuclear Energy
Nuclear Weapons
There has no doubt to be fundamental research in science, but applied research is equally important for new improvements and changes in our techniques.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Science
Important
Doubt
Research
Changes
Our
No Doubt
New
Equally
Fundamental
Techniques
Applied
Non-alignment will continue to be the fundamental basis of our approach to world problems and our relations with other countries.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
World
Problems
Will
Other
Other Countries
Relations
Approach
Our
Countries
Continue
Fundamental
Basis
A convention was drawn up on June 17, 1925, in which the principle of supervision, as opposed to that of simple propaganda, was recognized, thanks to the efforts of the labour members, of whom I was one.
Leon Jouhaux
Simple
Thanks
Drawn
Recognized
Members
Propaganda
Supervision
Principle
Opposed
Up
June
Labour
Efforts
Convention
Which
Whom
From 1918 on, trade unionists were to express from the platforms of their congresses the workers' desire for peace through a rational organization of the world.
Leon Jouhaux
Peace
World
Organization
Rational
Through
Trade
Were
Workers
Express
Platforms
Desire
I would not go so far as to say that the French trade unions attached greater importance to the struggle for peace than the others did; but they certainly seemed to take it more to heart.
Leon Jouhaux
Struggle
Peace
Heart
Unions
Others
Say
Would
Seemed
More
Attached
Take
Importance
French
Greater
Greater Importance
Trade
Trade Unions
Go
Than
Did
Far
Certainly
My parents, and especially my mother, encouraged by the director of the local school which I was attending, wanted in spite of everything to send me to a National School of Arts and Crafts so that I could later become an engineer.
Leon Jouhaux
Me
Director
School
Mother
Engineer
Parents
Become
National
Local
Everything
Later
Local School
Spite
Could
Attending
Encouraged
Send
Crafts
Arts
Wanted
Which
The line of demarcation between history and legend is too thin to observe while writing; the two overlap each other unconsciously and unknowingly.
Lobsang Tenzin
History
Writing
Legend
Too
Other
Observe
Between
Overlap
Line
While
Each
Thin
Two
You need not search for the compassionate mind from outside. To know yourself, to know your nature, your mind will automatically be the compassionate one.
Lobsang Tenzin
Nature
You
Yourself
Mind
Will
Outside
Know
Know Yourself
Automatically
Your
Search
Compassionate
Need
No one can avoid death; it is inevitable. Therefore, I should create in my mind a kind of willingness and accepting for that event without any fear.
Lobsang Tenzin
Death
Fear
Mind
Inevitable
Kind
Willingness
No-One
Without
Accepting
Any
Create
Should
Avoid
Therefore
Event
For a person who is very much involved with the institution of religion but has lost the religious spirit, the 'religion' label is the real threat to liberty.
Lobsang Tenzin
Religion
Liberty
Lost
Religious
Threat
Spirit
Institution
Involved
Real
Label
Very
Person
Much
Who
A religion must be instrumental in spiritualising the individual into a boundless and holistic nature.
Lobsang Tenzin
Nature
Religion
Must
Individual
Boundless
Instrumental
Holistic
Faith and reason overpower each other throughout one's life, which results in contradiction, but the conflict never ceases in any sphere.
Lobsang Tenzin
Life
Faith
Conflict
Other
Sphere
Results
Throughout
Never
Ceases
Contradiction
Any
Which
Reason
Each
Do not lose your independent mind, unconditioned mind. You have by nature a very powerful mind. You can find everything for yourself; you can know everything for yourself.
Lobsang Tenzin
Nature
You
Yourself
Mind
Lose
Everything
Independent
Find
Powerful
Know
Very
Your
Non-violence is the essence of the entire Buddha's teaching, and the practice of non-violence is the entire essence of the practice of Buddha dharma, Buddhist spirituality, in one's life.
Lobsang Tenzin
Life
Spirituality
Practice
Entire
Buddha
Buddhist
Non-Violence
Essence
Teaching
Lack of understanding of interrelatedness has caused numerous divisions and conflicts that are the cause of many major challenges in the world such as war, violence, terrorism, economic disparity, and exploitation.
Lobsang Tenzin
War
Terrorism
Challenges
World
Cause
Understanding
Exploitation
Numerous
Economic
Divisions
Major
Caused
Lack
Conflicts
Disparity
Many
Violence
Interreligious dialogue is extremely important for religious people as well as secular people or non-believers. They should participate, and they should be encouraged to have interreligious dialogue, because dialogue is a channel or an instrument to promote intimacy between individual.
Lobsang Tenzin
People
Secular
Important
Channel
Intimacy
Extremely
Promote
Religious
Religious People
Individual
Participate
Between
Instrument
Well
Because
Dialogue
Encouraged
Should
For the exploitation of human greed, they have devised comparison and competition. Right from childhood on, we are indoctrinated to compare and compete, and there is a word, a phrase: 'free and fair competition.'
Lobsang Tenzin
Competition
Word
Free
Greed
Exploitation
Phrase
Fair
Childhood
Human
Compare
Comparison
Right
Compete
In ancient times, we were users; we used the commodities in accordance to our needs. Using is not sufficient for the modern market; it needs consumers. Consuming means consuming things much more than the natural need of humanity or of any living being.
Lobsang Tenzin
Needs
Natural
Humanity
Living
Market
Our
Ancient
Ancient Times
More
Consumers
Consuming
Were
Accordance
Times
Than
Modern
Any
Commodities
Being
Much
Means
Used
Users
Using
Sufficient
Things
Need
Dying peacefully means to avoid any immediate cause for anger, fear, or strong desire.
Lobsang Tenzin
Anger
Strong
Fear
Cause
Immediate
Strong Desire
Any
Dying
Means
Avoid
Peacefully
Desire
Bodily discomfort and emotional fear and attachment make the dying uncomfortable and fearful. So, to help those dying people, I think modern medical science has a lot of facilities to reduce pain, or perhaps not to reduce pain, but not to experience pain.
Lobsang Tenzin
Science
Experience
People
Fear
Pain
Think
Those
Fearful
Facilities
Attachment
Uncomfortable
Emotional
Perhaps
Make
Discomfort
Reduce
Lot
Modern
Dying
Bodily
Help
Medical
To seek advice is easy, easy-approach job. To find the truth by yourself, that is a little difficult, and you have to work hard continuously, and you will find it.
Lobsang Tenzin
Work
Truth
You
Yourself
Work Hard
Will
Job
Advice
Difficult
Easy
Find
Seek
Continuously
Little
Hard
I think it is the height of ignorance to believe that the sexual act is an independent function necessary like sleeping or eating. Seeing, therefore, that I did not desire more children, I began to strive after self-control. There was endless difficulty in the task.
Mahatma Gandhi
Ignorance
Believe
Think
Difficulty
Sleeping
Independent
Strive
Sexual
Seeing
Eating
More
Self-Control
Like
Began
Task
Did
Endless
Children
After
Height
Act
Therefore
Function
Necessary
Desire
Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.
Mahatma Gandhi
Man
Change
People
Simple
Will
Clothes
Live
Simple Things
Put
Like
Which
Ages
Things
Creeds
Ours is one continued struggle against degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the European, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir, whose occupation is hunting and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with, and then pass his life in indolence and nakedness.
Mahatma Gandhi
Life
Buy
Struggle
Wife
Ambition
Sole
Ours
Collect
Hunting
Degradation
Degrade
Raw
Indolence
Occupation
Sought
Cattle
Pass
Continue
His
Inflicted
Against
Then
Us
Certain
Who
European
Whose
Level
Desire
Number
I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.
Mahatma Gandhi
Myself
Good
Men
Others
Faults
Presume
Good Qualities
Only
Look
Qualities
Probe
Being
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