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Feelings Quotes by Dalai Lama

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A simple act of forgiveness can quiet hatred, jealousy, and fear, says the Dalai Lama. He notes that every person wants happiness and tries to avoid suffering, and that love and kindness are the foundation of a peaceful society. Cultivating warm feelings for others eases the mind.

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Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease.

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Sectarian feelings and criticism of other teachings or other sects is very bad, poisonous, and should be avoided.

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I always have the feeling that I'm just another human being.

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True compassion is universal in scope. It is accompanied by a feeling of responsibility.

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My religion is kindness. A good mind, a good heart, warm feelings these are the most important things.

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The more you nurture a feeling of loving kindness, the happier and calmer you will be.

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Feelings of anger, bitterness, and hate are negative. If I kept those inside me, they would spoil my body and my health.…

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Afflictive emotions - our jealousy, anger, hatred, fear - can be put to an end. When you realize that these emotions are…

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From that viewpoint, America, free country, democratic country, so more opportunity. Still is more sort of Alive. This is my feeling.

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The realization that we are all basically the same human beings who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering is very helpful…

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Humans are not machines-we are something more. We have feeling and experience. Material comforts are not sufficient to satisfy us. We need…

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Distrust brings frustration and fear. So therefore, the lonely feeling automatically come. So, lonely feeling is not creation of environment, but creation…

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You need self-confidence and determination: feeling depressed and losing hope will never really help to correct any situation.

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We are all basically the same human beings, who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering. Everybody is my peer group. Your…

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People often expect the other person to respond first in a positive way, instead of taking the initiative to create that possibility.…

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If one's life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what…

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Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, "I am of no value", is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself.…

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Your own pain is involuntary; you feel overwhelmed and have no control. When feeling the pain of others, there is an element…

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I think every human being, born from mother, and at least the next few years, you see, received immense affection from our…

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Human beings by nature want happiness and do not want suffering. With that feeling everyone tries to achieve happiness and tries to…

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For the moment a lot of attention is given to economic concerns, and these problems at hand easily eclipse all others. But…

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Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, 'I am of no value', is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself.…

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Although you can find certain differences among the Buddhist philosophical schools about how the universe came into being, the basic common question…

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When the days become longer and there is more sunshine, the grass becomes fresh and, consequently, we feel very happy. On the…

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Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may…

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The development of a kind heart, or feeling of closeness for all human beings, does not involve any of the kind of…

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Be a good human being, a warm-hearted affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief. Having a sense of caring, a feeling of…

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Hatred, jealousy, and fear hinder peace of mind. When you're angry or unforgiving, for example, your mental suffering is constant. It is…

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The feeling of being happy or unhappy rarely depends on our absolute state, but on our perception of the situation, on our…

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Love and kindness are the very basis of society. If we lose these feelings, society will face tremendous difficulties; the survival of…

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Without technology humanity has no future, but we have to be careful that we don’t become so mechanised that we lose our…

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Whether someone believes something or not, believer or non-believer, as long as you are a member of the human family, you need…

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For a better, happier, more stable and civilized future, each of us must develop a sincere, warm-hearted feeling of brotherhood and sisterhood.

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One of the basic points is kindness. With kindness, with love and compassion, with his feeling that is the essence of brotherhood,…

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Where there is a mind, there are feelings such as pain, pleasure, and joy. No sentient being wants pain: all wants happiness…

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I try to treat whoever I meet as an old friend. This gives me a genuine feeling of happiness. It is the…

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One has to try to develop one's inner feelings, which can be done simply by training one's mind. This is a priceless…

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It is very wrong for people to feel deeply sad when they lose some money, yet when they waste the precious moments…

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The question of world peace, the question of family peace, the question of peace between wife and husband, or peace between parents…

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We begin from the recognition that all beings cherish happiness and do not want suffering. It then becomes both morally wrong and…

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We live within the environment. So that directly relates with our survival, our life. So through that way, more concern of well being of…

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I am the source of my own suffering, because of the habits of my mind.