Dalai Lama Quotes
Everybody wants a happy life and a peaceful mind, but we have to produce peace of mind through our own practice.
Quotes to Explore
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To achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East takes guts, not guns.
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I have dedicated my life to the 200m, I really love the 200m a lot.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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I feel like I have so many stories basting in my mind, and they come busting out when they're ready.
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I'm basically useless in interviews because I don't remember anything. But I find it very peaceful, actually, because I have a sort of busy mind. I'm like, 'This is great!'
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In retrospect, I have devoted my scientific life mainly to the question to what extent infectious agents contribute to human cancer, trusting that this will contribute to novel modes of cancer prevention, diagnosis and, hopefully, later on, also to cancer therapy.
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
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The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.
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Life is an incurable disease.
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Life develops, changes, is in motion. The forms of literature are not.
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I'm still in the Dixie Chicks; we haven't broken up... I love the Dixie Chicks; it's the most fun I've ever had in my life. It was like winning the lottery.
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If someone saves your life, you develop a brotherhood, no matter what your race.
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When your life is being threatened there's an instinctive urge to fight. You fight for the time you have, for your relationships.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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I am a bit sickie happy. I am prone to black clouds too, but... I am embarrassed about them. It's like: 'My diamond shoes are too tight. My money clip doesn't fit all my fifties.' I mean - really. Shut up.
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I found that being with happy positive people annoys me.
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My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.
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Mind precedes all phenomena, mind matters most, everything is mind-made. If with an impure mind, you speak or act, then suffering follows you as the cartwheel follows the foot of the draft animal. If with a pure mind, you speak or act, then happiness follows you as a shadow that never departs.
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I call on the United States and the European Union to tell Saleh that he must leave now...They should end all support for his regime, especially that which is used to crush peaceful opposition...They should freeze the Saleh family's assets and those of Saleh's henchmen and return them to the people.
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Heredity provides for the modification of its own machinery.
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I did an interview once where I was asked who I found attractive and I went on about cartoons and Nala from 'The Lion King' - and it's a bit weird but various of my ex-girlfriends actually did look like Nala.
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Inspiring people to look at their goals and go for that and believe in themselves is amazing.
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Everybody wants a happy life and a peaceful mind, but we have to produce peace of mind through our own practice.
