Dalai Lama Quotes
A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir - a constant source of energy, determination, and kindness.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow.
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We have to challenge the whole idea that it's acceptable for a society like Britain to have such a significant number of people who do not work one day of the week and don't have any possibility of improving the quality of their lives.
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There is no sin except stupidity.
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I remember the first time I stepped into the ring at age 16. I loved hitting things... but who likes getting hit?!
Mandy Bujold
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Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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If tomorrow the Chinese decide not to supply the world with raw materials, the pharma industry would collapse.
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An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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People want entertainment, a whole night of it, a whole experience.
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When I write, I get glimpses into future novels.
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We interpret our agreement with the IMF - our participation in the IMF's system of cooperation - as a borrowing agreement. The IMF sees it as an economic policy agreement. This is not in our interest.
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While 'Precious' isn't a real person, it's someone's story, and it's too many peoples' story.
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I long for a South African society that's free of ideological forces - no society can ever really be free of ideological forces - but I wish it was free of power.
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I'd love to have our trains, our subway cars and our taxis built right here in New York City. You can create 40,000 living wage jobs... the city's contracting power is huge.
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The emotional aspects of a wilderness experience might be compared to a religious experience. It is particularly valuable for those people whose unconscious associations of pain and discomfort in relationships to man render a deity in human form impossible. Christianity is unacceptable to some people because of the use of the human symbol, but some who can't accept Christ can gain a tremendous sense of peace from relating to uncontaminated areas.
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I was a conservative kid, but I had fun. I was in a fraternity and stuff. I wasn't a player - that's for sure.
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We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
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I dedicated my 20s, my passion and energy to the name 'Rain.' I always did my best, and I thought if I did, it would eventually show, and even if it didn't turn out well, I wouldn't have any regrets.
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True love's the gift which God has givenTo man alone beneath the heaven:It is not fantasy's hot fire,Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly;It liveth not in fierce desire,With dead desire it doth not die;It is the secret sympathy,The silver link, the silken tie,Which heart to heart, and mind to mindIn body and in soul can bind.
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A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir - a constant source of energy, determination, and kindness.
