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Act Quotes by Dalai Lama
- It's not enough to be compassionate. You must act.
- We can never obtain peace in the world if we neglect the inner world and don't make peace with ourselves. World peace must develop out…
- Certain beliefs must accompany every action: One should act without selfishness, cultivate compassion for all living things, and develop respect for others.
- Even if only a few individuals try to create mental peace and happiness within themselves, and act responsibly and kind-heartedly towards others, they will have…
- On love, not harming others, and respecting all beings. Even animals have these elements in their behavioral patterns. We should start by observing how animals…
- Even a small act of compassion grants meaning and purpose to our lives.
- I consider non-violence to be compassion in action. It doesn’t mean weakness, cowering in fear, or simply doing nothing. It is to act without violence,…
- People often expect the other person to respond first in a positive way, instead of taking the initiative to create that possibility. I feel that's…
- 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…
- Prayer alone will not make a happy life. A happy life must be built. You must act.
- If our tears do not lead us to act then we have lost the reason of our humanity, which is compassion.
- It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act. There are two aspects to action. One is to overcome the distortions and afflictions of…
- Many of the earth's habitats, animals, plants, insects and even micro-organisms that we know to be rare may not be known at all by future…
- Look at children. Of course they may quarrel, but generally speaking they do not harbor ill feelings as much or as long as adults do.…
- It is not enough to be compassionate, we must act.
- The rationale for universal compassion is based on the same principle of spiritual democracy. It is the recognition of the fact that every living being…
More Act Quotes
- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded… — Hannah Arendt
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
- Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
- Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
- We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure the material… — Julian Assange
- Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
- All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but… — Wystan Hugh Auden