Dalai Lama Quotes
Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young.
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Having an understanding of what's possible also makes me redouble my efforts to fight those who stand in the way of doing the things that my constituents and the country would want to get done.
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It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
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Altruism raises your mood because it raises your self-esteem, which increases happiness. Plus, giving to others gets you outside of yourself and distracts you from your problems.
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This experience has also humbled me by giving me a true understanding of what millions of others face each day in their own fight against cancer.
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AIDS is a horrible disease, and the people who catch it deserve compassion.
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People know my lyrics; they know the stuff I've written, and it's all about life, love, happiness, and these big euphoric moments. It would always bug me when I'd go to a club, and they're playing some chick on a stripper pole on the monitor behind me. I'm like, 'So that's not what I do - that's the other guy.'
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Once you are satisfied with your goal, it is the real happiness.
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I simply do not think that yelling, swearing, threatening or belittling will get you to the place you want to be faster than kindness, understanding, patience and a little willingness to compromise.
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Positive social emotions like compassion and empathy are generally good for us, and we want to encourage them. But do we know how to most reliably raise children to care about the suffering of other people? I'm not sure we do.
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If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.
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Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
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To suppose more than one supreme Source of infinite wisdom, power, and all perfections, is to assert that there is no supreme Being in existence.
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Part of creating is understanding that there is always more to do; nothing is ever completely finished.
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If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.
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The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
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One of women's greatest values is compassion.
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New York at times runs me dry because there's so much to do. There's never enough time to do everything. It's nice to have the balance in Moscow.
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When I was around 12 or so, I saw 'The Shining.' I just remember that being a turning point for me, where I started to think about the fact that there was a hand behind the film. That it wasn't just this magical story being told - there were actual people crafting these films, and they were works of art.
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When you pick up a novel from the bed side table, you put down your own life at the same time and you become another person for the duration.
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Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.
