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'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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Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet. There is so much life underneath the water that we don't know about. I would love to check out the bottom of the ocean to see what's going on down there.
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I think about my dwindling anonymity, and that's really scary because a very large part of me would be perfectly happy living on a ranch in Colorado and having babies and chickens and horses – which I will do anyway.
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Truth be told, I'm much more comfortable in a pair of hiking boots or with a rack of climbing gear than in front of a laptop.
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I have younger friends who are in this pinch where they feel they've been counted out before they've had a chance to prove themselves. They've inherited a lot of debt - not just student debt but environmental debt, political debt. They really feel squeezed.
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I'd like to help other kids with dyslexia, because I'm dyslexic. It was very hard, and I know that what I went through, other kids are going through.
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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.
