"I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultivation of altruism, of love and compassion and elimination of ignorance, selfishness and greed."

-- Dalai Lama

#Inspirational Quotes #Peace Quotes #Pain Quotes

“As soon as I think that I am a little body, I want to preserve it, to protect it, to keep it nice, at the expense of other bodies; then you and I become separate.”
“L.A. is a place people come to for all sorts of reasons, often to reinvent themselves, and that fascinates me.”
“Loomis has always felt himself responsible for the fact that he did not stop Michael when he first murdered his sister, and so he's got that guilt to live with.”
“I've always talked to players about perception and reality. I don't worry about perception. There may be some of that, that people want to attach to a good name, but the reality is that some good things can happen.”
“I believe that religious faith schools are highly dubious.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Almost all words do have colour and nothing is more pleasant than to utter a pink word and see someone's eyes light up and know it is a pink word for him or her too.”
“We love the beautiful and serene, but we have a feeling as deep as love for the terrible and dark.”
“It [prejudice] is such a waste. It makes you logy and half-alive. It gives you nothing. It takes away.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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