It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

14th Dalai Lama

from the book Kindness, Clarity, and Insight

translated by Jeffrey Hopkins


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Further quotes from the book Kindness, Clarity, and Insight:

• How things appear and how they actually exist
• Kindness
• Actions are irreversible
• Right effort
• Same human potential
• The importance of human life
• We are all the same
• One’s best teacher
• Leading A Good Life
• Selflessness and no-self
• Realizing emptiness
• A good heart is needed
• The very purpose of religion
• Practice in daily life
• No need to worry