Dalai Lama Life Quotes

Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.

- Dalai Lama

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

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The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.

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It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

- Dalai Lama

Many people think that patience is sign of weakness. I think this is a mistake. It is anger that is a sign of weakness, whereas patience is a sign of strength.

- Dalai Lama

If you can, help others. If you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

- Dalai Lama

The way to change others' minds is with affection, and not anger.

- Dalai Lama

True change is within; leave the outside as it is.

- Dalai Lama

The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.

- Dalai Lama

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

- Dalai Lama

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

- Dalai Lama

Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.

- Dalai Lama

Silence is sometimes the best answer.

- Dalai Lama

Nobody dies a virgin. Life fucks us all.

- Kurt Cobain

Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

- C. H. Parkhurst

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.

- Margaret Lee Runbeck

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.

- Langston Hughes

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.

- John Lennon

Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.

- Abraham Lincoln

Happiness is a function of accepting what is.

- Werner Erhard

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

- Oprah Winfrey

Take anything and everything seriously, except yourselves.

- Rudyard Kipling

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

- Albert Einstein