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“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“Silence is sometimes the best answer”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“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.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“The way to change others' minds is with affection, and not anger.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“If there is no solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it. If there is a solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to man. Just as one wants happiness and fears pain, just as one wants to live and not die, so do other creatures.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“Someone else's action should not determine your response.”
― Dalai Lama

“If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“Whether you believe in God or not does not matter much, whether you believe in Buddha or not does not matter so much; as a Buddhist, whether you believe in reincarnation or not does not matter so much. You must lead a good life.”
― Dalai Lama

“Happiness doesn't always come from a pursuit. Sometimes it comes when we least expect it.”
― Dalai Lama

“If a problem can be solved it will be. If it can not be solved there is no use worrying about it.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“We are but visitors on this planet. We are here for ninty or one hundred years at the very most. During that period, we must try to do something good, something useful with our lives. If you contibute to other people's happiness, you will find the true goal, the true meaning of life.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“The very purpose of our life is to seek happiness.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“It is very rare or almost impossible that an event can be negative from all points of view.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.”
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

“If I am only happy for myself, many fewer chances for happiness. If I am happy when good things happen to other people, billions more chances to be happy!”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“Human use, population, and technology have reached that certain stage where mother Earth no longer accepts our presence with silence.”
― The Dalai Lama

“The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness”
― Dalai Lama

“There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“The foundation of the Buddha's teachings lies in compassion, and the reason for practicing the teachings is to wipe out the persistence of ego, the number-one enemy of compassion.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“We must recognize that the suffering of one person or one nation is the suffering of humanity.”
― Dalai Lama

“Compassion is the wish to see others free from suffering.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

“Compassion naturally creates a positive atmosphere, and as a result you feel peaceful and content.”
― Dalai Lama XIV