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As free human beings we can use our unique intelligence to try to understand ourselves and our world. But if we are prevented from using our creative potential, we are deprived of one of the basic characteristics of a human being.

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Every human action, whether it has become positive or negative, must depend on motivation.

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It is not enough to be compassionate, we must act.

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Internal peace is an essential first step to achieving peace in the world. How do you cultivate it? It's very simple. In the first place by realizing clearly that all mankind is one, that human beings in every country are members of one and the same family.

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We discover that all human beings are just like us, so we are able to relate to them more easily. That generates a spirit of friendship in which there is less need to hide what we feel or what we are doing.

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If indeed the qualities such as love, patience, tolerance, and forgiveness are what happiness consists in, and if it is also true that compassion, defined as concern for others, is both the source and the fruit of these qualities, then the more we are compassionate, the more we provide for our own happiness.

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We had a rule in Tibet that anyone proposing a new invention had to guarentee that it was beneficial, or at least harmless, for seven generations of humans before it could be adopted.

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An eye for an eye....we are all blind

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Many Tibetans sacrifice their lives.

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Scientists may study mainly matter but they cannot ignore the human mind, or consciousness: spiritual practitioners may be engaging mainly in developing the mind but they cannot completely ignore their physical needs. It is for this reason that I have always stressed the importance of combining both mental and the material approach to achieving happiness for humankind.

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Compassion is a mental quality that can bring us true lasting inner peace and inner strength.

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Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.

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The key to human happiness lies within our own state of mind, and so too do the primary obstacles to that happiness.

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Even without a religion, we can become a good human being.

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Everyday, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.

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There is no way to escape death, it is just like trying to escape by four great mountains touching sky. There is no escape from these four mountains of birth, old age, sickness and death.

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My Brain and My Heart are my Temples. My true Religion is Kindness.

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By developing a sense of respect for others and a concern for their welfare, we reduce our own selfishness, which is the source of all problems, and enhance our sense of kindness, which is a natural source of goodness.

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If we can cultivate a concern for others, keeping in mind the oneness of humanity, we can build a more compassionate world.

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Consider that not only do negative thoughts and emotions destroy our experience of peace, they also undermine our health.

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