675 Quotes by Dalai Lama XIV

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    We don’t need more money, we don’t need greater success or fame, we don’t need the perfect body or even the perfect mate-right now, at this very moment, we have a mind, which is all the basic equipment we need to achieve complete happiness.

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    If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.

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    Altruism is the best source of happiness. There is no doubt about that.

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    When you engage in fulfilling the needs of others, your own needs are fulfilled as a by-product.

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    We have global communication and yet confrontation is more common than dialogue.

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    Those who suffer from an exaggerated sense of their own ability and accomplishment are continually subject to frustration, disappointment, and rage when reality intrudes and the world doesn’t validate their idealized view of themselves.

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    Happiness is a state of mind. With physical comforts if your mind is still in a state of confusion and agitation, it is not happiness. Happiness means calmness of mind.

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