Quote of Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama - Our prime purpose in this life...

Biography - Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama :

Tenzin Gyatso born Lhamo Dhondup,14th Dalai Lama. Nobel Peace Prize (1989).
Born: 1935
Period:
21st century
20th century
Place of birth: China
China

Quote

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.”
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

Translation

(French, German)

Notre but principal dans cette vie est d'aider les autres. Et si vous ne pouvez pas les aider, au moins ne leur faites pas de mal.”
Tenzin Gyatso, 14e Dalaï-Lama

Unser Hauptzweck in diesem Leben ist es, anderen zu helfen. Und wenn Sie ihnen nicht helfen können, verletzen Sie zumindest andere nicht.”
Tenzin Gyatso, 14. Dalai Lama

Quotes about life:

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Faust: A Tragedy

Man arrives a novice at every age of life.”
Nicolas Chamfort - Maximes et pensées

There is more to life than increasing its speed.”
Mahatma Gandhi

life

To live means to love, but above all, to love life.”
Blanche Pierson

Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.”
Mark Twain - Quotation of uncertain origin

My life is my message.”
Mahatma Gandhi

life

All about life...

Quotes about others:

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
Oscar Wilde - Quotation of uncertain origin

To be happy, we must consider the happiness of another.”
Gaston Bachelard - La Psychanalyse du feu

If we had no pride we should not complain of that of others.”
François de La Rochefoucauld - Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims

others

Whoever is happy will make others happy too.”
Anne Frank - The Diary of a Young Girl

When you are happy, there is still much to be done: to comfort others.”
Jules Renard

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.”
François de La Rochefoucauld - Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims

All about others...

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama also said...

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.”
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.”
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

We need to cultivate a universal responsibility for one another and the planet we share.”
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

When you lose, don't lose the lesson.”
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

to learn

I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance.”
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.”
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

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