Rules For Living

Dalai Lama’s 18 rules for living

At the start of the new millennium the Dalai Lama apparently issued eighteen rules for living. Since word travels slowly in the digital age these have only just reached me. Here they are.

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three Rs
   Respect for self
   Respect for others
   Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honourable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.Lovely Thoughts for Lovely People Just Like You

Love Quotes to Live By Amazing Quotes

“Love is what we are born with.
Fear is what we learn.
The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudicies and the acceptance of love back in our hearts.
Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth.
To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life.
Meaning dos not lie in things.
Meaning lies in us.” – Marianne Williamson

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REALLY BEAUTIFUL WORDS

REALLY BEAUTIFUL WORDS

1] Prayer is not a "spare wheel"
that you pull out when in trouble; it is a "steering wheel"
that directs us in the right path throughout life.


2] Do you know why a car's WINDSHIELD is so large & the rear view mirror is so small? Because our PAST is not as important as
our FUTURE. So, look ahead and move on.




3] Friendship is like a BOOK. It takes few seconds to burn, but
it takes years to write.
4] Allthings in life are temporary. If going is well enjoy it, they will
not last forever. If going is wrong don’t worry, they can't
last long either.




5] Old friends are like Gold! New friends are Diamonds! If you get
a Diamond, don't forget the Gold! Because to hold a Diamond,you always need a base of Gold!
6] Often when we lose hope and
think this is the end, GOD smiles from above and says, "Relax, sweetheart, it's just a bend, not
the end!
7] When GOD solves your problems, you have faith in HIS
abilities; when GOD doesn't solve your problems HE has faith
in your abilities.


8] A blind person asked St. Anthony: "Can there be anything worse than losing eye sight?" He
replied: "Yes, losing your vision."
9] When you pray for others, God listens to you and blesses
them; and sometimes, when you are safe and happy, remember
that someone has prayed for you.
10] WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES; it takes away today’s PEACE.



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More Inspirational Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes

“An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes,

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes

“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes




Wealth without work
Pleasure without conscience
Science without humanity
Knowledge without character
Politics without principle
Commerce without morality
Worship without sacrifice.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“Where there is love there is life.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“God has no religion.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“Hate the sin, love the sinner.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“The future depends on what you do today.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”
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“Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:

- I shall not fear anyone on Earth.
- I shall fear only God.
- I shall not bear ill will toward anyone.
- I shall not submit to injustice from anyone.
- I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“Truth never damages a cause that is just.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes

“Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet it is the humblest imaginable.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“Action expresses priorities.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever. ”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“My Life is My Message”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“Truth is one, paths are many.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes


“I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi Inspirational Quotes

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Live Each Day To Its Fullest

Each today, well-lived, makes yesterday a dream of happiness and each tomorrow
a vision of hope. Look, therefore, to this one day, for it and it alone is life.
Kalidasa, Ushavandanam
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Do not dwell in the past; do not dream of the future, concentrate the
mind on the present moment.
Gautama Buddha

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So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough troubles of its own.
Matthew 6:34

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You are either in the past or in the future - both are non-existent. You can`t do anything with the past, nor with the future. All that you can do is with the present, and if you are engaged somewhere else, it simply slips by and you have missed the train.
Osho

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With the past, i have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now. Lovely Thoughts for Lovely People Just Like You

Think Before You Speak

The disaster-destined
let themselves be
ruled by ego-driven
thoughts, violence,
arrogance, lust and
extreme anger.
Bhagavad Gita 16.18

Those who are clever
in arguments about
Brahmn, but are
without the action
pertaining to Brahmn
(infinite consciousness)
and who are greatly
attached to the world -
those certainly are born
again and again (in this
world) through their
ajnana (ignorance). Tejobindu Upanishad

Calvin : Sometimes
when I'm talking, my
words can't keep up with
my thoughts. I wonder
why we think faster
than we speak.
Hobbes: Probably so we
can think twice.
Bill Watterson,
Calvin & Hobbes

The trouble with
talking too fast
is you may say some-
thing you haven't
thought of yet.
Ann Landers Lovely Thoughts for Lovely People Just Like You

Do You Know Who You Are ?

The Universe is a multilayered existence; there are many levels: there are the molecular, the atomic and the subatomic levels. So also the human consciousness: though one, yet, it is many.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

He who knows others is learned;

He who knows himself is wise.

Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

Unlike a drop of water that loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of society alone, but for the development of the Self.

B R Ambedkar

Your identity changes with how you perceive reality.

Vithu Jeyaloganathan

All men should strive

to learn before they die

what they are running from, and to, and why.

James Thurber Lovely Thoughts for Lovely People Just Like You

Choice Quotes - Quotations On Choice

“No one else can ever make your choices for you. Your choices are yours alone. They are as much a part of you as every breath you will take, every moment of your life.”



“You may think that in life, a lot of things happen to you along the way. The truth is, in life, you happen to a lot of things along the way.”



“Choosing to live your life by your own choice is the greatest freedom you will ever have.”



“It is only when you exercise your right to choose that you can also exercise your right to change.”



“It is your programming that has created your choices in the past. It is the choices you make today that are creating the programs of your future.”



“If you were given only one choice: To choose or not to choose, which would you choose?”





“The choices we make by accident are just as important as the choices we make by design.”



“Another person’s choice is nothing more than another alternative for you to consider.”



“There is no life as complete as the life that is lived by choice.”



“There may be a thousand little choices in a day. All of them count.”



“Whatever you choose, you might as well enjoy it. It is your choice.”



“When you have a problem, make a choice…you’ll feel better.”



“If you’d like to know what your choices have been, look at yourself and the life you have lived. What you see is the choices you’ve made.”



“Who knows what you could accomplish in life if you made more of the right choices along the way?”





“Some people choose to live by complaining. Other people choose to live.”



“You cannot manage your life if you do not manage your self. You cannot manage your self if you do not manage your choices. Manage your choices, and you will manage your life.”



“Learning what to choose, and how to choose, may be the most important education you will ever receive.”



“The choices we make in the heat of emotion would be better if left for some other day.”



“Listen to the quietest whispers of your mind. They are telling you the choices that will help you the most.”



“Even the best of choices is only as strong as the choices that stand by its side.”



“It is the big choices we make that set our direction. It is the smallest choices we make that get us to the destination.”



“Each day that passes, your choices will come and go. They are like diamonds in a chest of jewels, each waiting to be discovered.”



“Those who choose to succeed always do better than those who never choose at all.”



“The highest levels are most certainly filled with those who chose to be there.”



“If you have to take time to make a choice, take time. Then make the choice.”



“The end result of your life here on earth will always be the sum total of the choices you made while you were here.”

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