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The quote itself is sometimes attributed (usually in dubious email forwards and extended family’s Facebook posts) to the Dalai Lama, presumably to underscore its wisdom, but the broader sentiment pops up again and again in fields as diverse as fashion design to haute cuisine.
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Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2025
The party accuses the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, of having ruled over a slaveholding society.
—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader who fled his homeland in 1959 after it was taken over by China, said he was deeply saddened.
—Joe Cash and Gopal Sharma, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
Shigatse, which is about 240 miles from the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, is the seat of the Panchen Lama, the second most important spiritual figure in Tibetan Buddhism after the Dalai Lama.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 1 Feb. 2025
The party accuses the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, of having ruled over a slaveholding society.
—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader who fled his homeland in 1959 after it was taken over by China, said he was deeply saddened.
—Joe Cash and Gopal Sharma, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
Shigatse, which is about 240 miles from the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, is the seat of the Panchen Lama, the second most important spiritual figure in Tibetan Buddhism after the Dalai Lama.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Dalai Lama
biographical name
Da·lai La·ma
ˈdä-ˌlī-ˈlä-mə 
1935– Tenzin Gyatso Tibetan religious and political leader
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