"Those who don't have a life filled..." - Quote by Dalai Lama
Those who don't have a life filled with luxury may have a home filled with compassion, based on their choice to be content and to practice self-discipline. Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.
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“If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.”
“I feel like my life is something purposeful. Many people have told me that after they listen to my talk, some point which I made, they got certain ideas and their whole life is changed. They are happier.”
“Too strong a media emphasis on death and violence can lead to despair.”
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“Joy doesn't exist in the world, it exists in us.”
“The animal man lives in the senses. If he does not get enough to eat, he is miserable; or if something happens to his body, he is miserable. In the senses both his misery and his happiness begin and end.”
“No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted.”
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“My soul is too glad and too great to be at heart the enemy of any man”
“Empathy with someone else's pain or lack and a desire to help need to be balanced with a deeper realization of the eternal nature of all life and the illusion of all pain. Then let your peace flow into whatever you do, and you will be working on the levels of effect and cause simultaneously.”
“If each of us can learn to relate to each other more out of compassion, with a sense of connection to each other and a deep recognition of our common humanity, and more important, to teach this to our children, I believe that this can go a long way in reducing many of the conflicts and problems that we see today.”