Dalai Lama Quotes
Since we desire the true happiness that is brought about by a calm mind, and such peace of mind arises only from having a compassionate attitude, we need to make a concerted effort to develop compassion.
Quotes to Explore
-
A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
-
I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.
-
Somebody told me long ago that in acting, it's okay to steal, just steal from the best.
-
The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
-
There are times, especially on 'The Five,' where I've lost control for a moment. I always feel bad about it, but those always seem to be the times that people realize, if I'm mad about something, it must really matter.
-
I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.
-
I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.
-
In a small town, it's either sports or a band with your buddies. I was always athletic. But in college, I was exposed to all this new music, and I was drawn to hip-hop and R&B.
-
I was an avid reader, but never thought seriously about writing a novel until I was in my thirties. I took no formal fiction-writing courses and never thought about these categories when I wrote my first novel.
-
I know a lot of people struggle with the idea of Jesus and their idea of God. I think, if you don't even know what you're praying to or who you're praying to, based on what I know to be true, regardless, God's always listening.
-
I have been celibate for about six or seven months, I think. I would rather just make out and kiss someone instead of sex. I'm single. I said I would be single for a year and I am.
-
A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.
-
Fracking is an incredible risk to the human race, I don't know why they even thought of doing it.
-
People look up to Jacques Mesrine as if he were a Robin Hood, stealing from the rich, but he never gave anything back to anybody.
-
I've met Bob Dylan. We did one of those non-handshake handshakes. I was with all guys, and he shook hands with all of them, and then they said, 'And this is Kate,' and I put my hand out, and he didn't put his out. And then I took my hand away, and he put his out. It was one of those. We finally did shake. And then I fainted!
-
I'd say when it comes to being who you are, just don't be afraid to try things.
-
Whether I build a character from the ground up or develop one, whether within my own copyright or in licensed work, I can step into that character's mind. It takes a kind of voluntary dissociation akin to method acting, military planning, marketing, or detective work: to think like the other guy and work out what he's going to do next.
-
My style is very simple, but I love Reese Witherspoon, Kate Hudson and Kate Middleton.
-
We want young people to come forward with bright ideas; we want the women and men in our country to have jobs.
-
'They can hopscotch around us,' Chris told Laura. They can pop ahead in time to see where we show up, then they pick and choose the easiest place along the time stream to ambush us. It's sorta like… if we were the cowboys and the Indians were all psychic.'
-
I think it's unfortunate when people say that there is just one true story of science. For one thing, there are many different sciences, and historians will tell different stories corresponding to different things.
-
Characters stretching their legs in some calm haven generally don't make for interesting protagonists.
-
Government cannot provide values to persons who have none, or who have lost those they had. It cannot provide inner peace. It can provide outlets for moral energies, but it cannot create those energies.
-
Since we desire the true happiness that is brought about by a calm mind, and such peace of mind arises only from having a compassionate attitude, we need to make a concerted effort to develop compassion.
