"In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time."
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"Life does not wait: Whether we spend our lives meaningfully or not, the time will be used up moment by moment."
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"It is not enough to belong to a religion. You also have to put it into practice. Religion is like medicine. You have to ingest it to combat the illness."
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"Don't compare me with Jesus. He is a great master, a great master."
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"If you utilize obstacles properly, then they strengthen your courage, and they also give you more intelligence, more wisdom."
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"The practicing of loving kindness toward one's enemy is the ultimate test of one's own spiritual attainment."
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"Our most valuable teachers are our enemies.While our friends can help us in many ways, only our enemies can provide us with the challenge we need to develop tolerance, patience, and compassionthree virtues essential for building character, developing peace of mind, and bringing us true happiness."
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"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.""Laughter is good for thinking because when people laugh, it is easier for them to admit new ideas to their minds."
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"The right way to deal with mental unhappiness must be within the mind too. On an emotional level, anger, fear and worry bring unhappiness. Scientists say they eat into our immune system. On the other hand, we are also equipped with a sense of affection and compassionate concern for the well-being of others."
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"People assume that happiness stems from collecting things outside of yourself, whereas true happiness stems from removing things from inside of yourself"
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"If the Dalai Lama joins one party, then that makes it hard for the system to work."
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"Even within one person, yesterday and today, there are differences. We must look at a deeper level."
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"It is worthwhile for one to make an effort to achieve happiness. Just as the purpose of a plant is to grow, so it is that the main purpose of every human being is to survive and to grow until death."
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"In our own case, we don't consider the loss of a monastery or a monument the end of our entire way of life. If one monastery is destroyed, sometimes it happens."
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"Democratic institutions are necessary and very important, and if I remained at the head of government, it could be an obstacle to democratic practice. Also, if I were to remain, then I would have to join one of the parties. If the Dalai Lama joins one party, then that makes it hard for the system to work."
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"In pluralistic, democratic societies, there is the freedom to adopt the religion of your choice. This is good. This lets curious people like you run around on the loose!"
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"As far as mental development is concerned, we should never be complacent. We can develop our minds infinitely - there is no limitation."
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"I always emphasize that it is much safer and better to keep one's own religious faith. The other major religions are thousands of years old and have long traditions."
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"In a free country, America, or India, and Japan, and many places, democracy country, free country, but still within the sort of rule of law, some injustice, some sort of problems, some discrimination, and also some sort of scandals or the corruptions. These things, you see, they are always in my mind, I think many people agree, lack of moral principle."
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"Your motivation should be sincere and your life should be of benefit to some people. That is the main thing. Don't care after my death."
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