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"I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console."
"The meaning of life is happiness."
"The development of our minds and our destination in future lives is in our hands. No one else can help us. It is very important that we each take responsibility for ourselves. Sustain mindfulness 24 hours a day. Thank you. That is all."
"When we consider reality itself we quickly become aware of its infinite complexity, and we realize that our habitual perception of it is often inadequate. If this were not so, the concept of deception would be meaningless."
"It is in everybody's interest to seek those [actions] that lead to happiness and avoid those which lead to suffering. And because our interests are inextricably linked, we are compelled to accept ethics as the indispensable interface between my desire to be happy and yours."
"By setting our motivation strongly in the morning when our mind is fresh and clear, we are much more likely to remember it during the day and act with that intention"
"Now is the time when your action is practice."
"When we face problems with compassion, sincerity, and good motivation, our solutions may take longer, but ultimately they are better."
"All good qualities must be sown and cultivated. We can’t expect to change overnight from an ordinary person into one with high realizations."
"One of the most effective ways to overcome anxiety is to try to shift the focus of attention away from self and toward others."
"The mind must be developed by you alone. There is no way for others to do the work and for you to reap the results. Reading someone else's blueprint of mental progress will not transfer its realizations to you. You have to develop them yourself."
"A Compassionate state of mind brings inner peace, and therefore a healthier body."
"We all need basic human values rooted in trust and affection."
"It is a wonderful thing if one can use one's place of work as a place of spiritual practice as well."
"It is my fundamental conviction that compassion - the natural capacity of the human heart to feel concern for and connection with another human being - constitutes a basic aspect of our nature shared by all human beings, as well as being the foundation of our happiness. All ethical teachings, whether religious or nonreligious, aim to nurture this innate and precious quality, to develop it and to perfect it."
"More often than not, anger is actually an indication of weakness rather than of strength."
"Genuine harmony must come from the heart. It cannot come from the barrel of a gun."
"Because the existing education system is oriented towards materialistic goals we need to pay special attention to inner values such as tolerance, forgiveness, love and compassion."
"Our world is increasingly interdependent, but I wonder if we truly understand that our interdependent human community has to be compassionate; compassionate in our choice of goals, compassionate in our means of cooperation and our pursuit of these goals."
"Morally speaking, we should be concerned for our whole environment."