Luxury lies not in the richness of things, but in the absence of vulgarity

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Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck. ― Dalai Lama XIV

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Silence is sometimes the best answer ― Dalai Lama XIV

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At bottom, everything depends upon the presence or absence of one single element in the soul

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Every day, 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. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can. ― The Dalai Lama

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People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost. ― Dalai Lama XIV

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This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. ― Dalai Lama XIV

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There's nothing wrong with being afraid. It's not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it. Sometimes you've got to blast through and have faith. — Emma Watson

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Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it. — Mark Twain

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Life lived in the absence of the psychedelic experience upon which primordial shamanism is based is life trivialized, life denied, life enslaved to the ego.

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