Happiness does not come about only due to external circumstances; it mainly derives from inner attitudes.Dalai Lama
“The greatest antidote to insecurity and the sense of fear is compassion — it brings one back to the basis of one's inner strength”
“The greatest antidote to insecurity and the sense of fear is compassion — it brings one back to the basis of one's inner strength”
— DALAI LAMA
Spiritual leader · born 1935
The 14th Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1989), based in Dharamshala, India.
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