Genuine love should first be directed at oneself – if we do not love ourselves, how can we love others?Dalai Lama
“Reason well from the beginning and then there will never be any need to look back with confusion and doubt.”
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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