"Nothing comes into being without a cause..." - Quote by Dalai Lama
Nothing comes into being without a cause and when all the conditions are created, there is nothing that can prevent the consequence.
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“Unlike physical progress, which is subject to natural restrictions, the qualities of the mind can be developed limitlessly.”
“Love, compassion and concern for others are real sources of happiness. If you have these in abundance, you will not be disturbed even by the most uncomfortable circumstances. If you nurse hatred, however, you will not be happy even in the lap of luxury. Thus, if we really want happiness, we must widen the sphere of love. This is both religious thinking and basic common sense.”
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
More on Causality
“It seems to me that whatever else is beautiful apart from asbsolute beauty is beautiful because it partakes of that absolute beauty, and for no other reason. Do you accept this kind of causality?”
“We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that.”
“It is presumed that there exists a great unity in nature, in respect of the adequacy of a single cause to account for many different kinds of consequences.”
More on Consequences
“The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny”
“The consequences of war are dire, the sacrifices immeasurable. We may have occasion in our lifetime to once again rise up in defense of our freedom, and pay the wages of war. But we ought not we will not travel down that hellish path blindly.”
“Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice.”