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We can never obtain peace in the outer world
until we make peace with ourselves.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Happiness is not something ready made.
It comes from your own actions.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Love is the absence of judgment.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
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My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Through violence, you may 'solve' one problem,
but you sow the seeds for another.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
We can live without religion and meditation,
but we cannot survive without human affection.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
In the practice of tolerance,
one's enemy is the best teacher.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
If you wish to experience peace,
provide peace for another.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Sleep is the best meditation.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
The key to happiness is inner peace.
The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions
such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion,
while love and compassion and a sense of universal responsibility
are the sources of peace and happiness.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
With realization of one's own potential and
self-confidence in one's ability,
one can build a better world.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
If you have a particular faith or religion,
that is good. But you can survive without it.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
All major religious traditions
carry basically the same message,
that is love, compassion and forgiveness.
The important thing is they should
be part of our daily lives.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Not getting what you want
is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
- Dalai Lama
The more we care for the happiness of others,
the greater is our own sense of well-being.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Don't let a little dispute injure a great relationship.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Be gentle with the earth.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
I find hope in the darkest of days,
and focus in the brightest.
I do not judge the universe.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.
Without them humanity cannot survive.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others.
And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
The ultimate authority must always rest
with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Spend some time alone every day.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression
by saying something,
and sometimes one creates as significant
an impression by remaining silent.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Where ignorance is our master,
there is no possibility of real peace.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Be kind whenever possible; and it is always possible.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
There is no need for temples,
no need for complicated philosophies.
My brain and my heart are my temples;
my philosophy is kindness.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Whether one believes in a religion or not,
and whether one believes in rebirth or not,
there isn't anyone who doesn't
appreciate kindness and compassion.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
If you can, help others;
if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Remember that not getting what you want
is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
The roots of all goodness lie
in the soil of appreciation for goodness.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Old friends pass away, new friends appear.
It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives.
The important thing is to make it meaningful:
a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
It is necessary to help others,
not only in our prayers,
but in our daily lives.
If we find we cannot help others,
the least we can do is to desist from harming them.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
This is my simple religion.
There is no need for temples;
no need for complicated philosophy.
Our own brain, our own heart is our temple;
the philosophy is kindness.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized
by a sense of Universal responsibility,
not only nation to nation and human to human,
but also human to other forms of life.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
It is very important to generate a good attitude,
a good heart, as much as possible.
From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term
for both yourself and others will come.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on.
It is never of any use to oneself.
- Oscar Wilde
Life is like a ten speed bicycle.
Most of us have gears we never use.
- Charles M. Schulz
And you just gotta remember, Sparky -
no matter what they tell you - you can NEVER have too much sugar.
- the movie Michael (1996)
You might have seen a housefly, maybe even a superfly,
but I bet you ain't never seen a DONKEY fly!
- the movie Shrek (2001)
Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
- Phyllis Diller
Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry
always gets the best of the argument.
- Voltaire
We have a great life here in Alaska,
and we're never going back to America again!
- The Simpsons Movie (2007)
I have never developed indigestion from eating my words.
- Winston Churchill
Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?
- Edgar Bergen
You never really know a man until you have divorced him.
- Zsa Zsa Gabor
Never call an accountant a credit to his profession;
a good accountant is a debit to his profession.
- Charles Lyell
I read that you should never go out with someone
if you can think of three reasons why you shouldn't.
- the movie Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
My father always told me that
all businessmen were sons of bitches,
but I never believed it till now.
- John F. Kennedy
I would never want to be a member of a group
whose symbol was a man nailed to two pieces of wood.
- George Carlin
Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
- Babe Ruth
Never trust spiritual leader who doesn't dance.
- Miyagi: character in the movie The Next Karate Kid
Which form of proverb do you prefer
Better late than never, or Better never than late?
- Lewis Carroll
One should never trust a woman who tells her real age.
If she tells that, she'll tell anything.
- Oscar Wilde
People who want to share their religious views with you
almost never want you to share yours with them.
- Dave Barry
Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.
- Confucius
A person who never made a mistake
never tried anything new.
- Albert Einstein
Never stir up litigation.
A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.
- Abraham Lincoln
Two things a man should never be angry at:
what he can help,
and what he cannot help.
- Thomas Fuller
I never accepted the idea
that I had to be guided by
some pattern or blueprint.
- Little Richard
Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing
for most of us that it is not.
- Oscar Wilde
It's never too late -
never too late to start over,
never too late to be happy.
- Jane Fonda
The way for a young man to rise is
to improve himself in every way he can,
never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
- Abraham Lincoln
Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.
- H. L. Mencken
Some things will never seem adequate
no matter how hard we try.
- from the movie White Man's Burden
I never make stupid mistakes.
Only very, very clever ones.
- John Peel
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves
for they shall never cease to be amused.
- Anonymous
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