Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If our tears do not lead us to act then we have lost the reason of our humanity, which is compassion. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There should be a balance between material and spiritual progress, a balance achieved through the principles based on love and compassion. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Compassion instills a sense of calm, inner strength, and a deep confidence and satisfaction — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The cultivation of compassion is no longer a luxury, but a necessity, if our species is to survive. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
It does not matter whether you are a theist or atheist, what matters is sincerity, forgiveness, and compassion. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Compassion is of little value if it just remains an idea. It must motivate how we respond to others and be reflective… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their counterforces, like love and compassion. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the decision to save the environment must come from the human heart. The key point is a call for a genuine… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
All People and things are interdependent. The world has become so small that no nation can solve its problems alone, in isolation… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, 'I am of no value', is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If indeed the qualities such as love, patience, tolerance, and forgiveness are what happiness consists in, and if it is also true… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Genuine happiness consists in those spiritual qualities of love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness and so on. For it is these which… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Modern education is premised strongly on materialistic values. It is vital that when educating our children's brains that we do not neglect… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery. We have learned that the key to happiness is… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
As long as we observe love for others and respect for their rights and dignity in our daily lives, then whether we… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We have to think and see how we can fundamentally change our education system so that we can train people to develop… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Peace must first be developed within an individual. And I believe that love, compassion, and altruism are the fundamental basis for peace.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
My belief is that the various religious traditions have great potential to increase compassion, the sense of caring for one another, and… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In our concern for others, we worry less about ourselves. When we worry less about ourselves an experience of our own suffering… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Love, compassion and concern for others are real sources of happiness. If you have these in abundance, you will not be disturbed… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We need to employ a secular approach to ethics, secular in the Indian sense of respecting all religious traditions and even the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
It is not enough simply to wish that love and compassion should increase in us. We need to make a sustained effort,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their counter-forces, like love and compassion. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Anger and hatred lead to fear; compassion and concern for others allow us to develop self-confidence, which breeds trust and friendship. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Compassion and love is the source of external and internal peace and is also the root of racial survival. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The greatest antidote to insecurity & sense of fear is compassion. It brings one back to the basis of one's inner strength. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Inner values like friendship, trust, honesty and compassion are much more reliable than money - they always bring happiness and strength. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
My main concern is meeting with public because my main commitment, main interest is promotion of human value, human affection, compassion and… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
When we are motivated by compassion and wisdom, the results of our actions benefit everyone, not just our individual selves. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I have found that the greatest degree of inner peace comes from cultivating love and compassion. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Compassion is a mental quality that can bring us true lasting inner peace and inner strength. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I don't think human affection and compassion are just religious concerns; they're indispensable factors in our day-to-day lives. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
World economies are always so tenuous and we are subject to so many losses in life, but a compassionate attitude is something… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Compassion is the wish for another being to be free from suffering; love is wanting them to have happiness. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Women have the capacity to lead us to a more peaceful world with compassion, affection, and kindness. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
You are the people who are shaping a better world. One of the secrets of inner peace is the practice of compassion. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Although under particular circumstances, the violence method - any method - can be justified, nevertheless once you commit violence, then counterviolence will be returned. — Dalai Lama Copy Share
There are a number of qualities which are important for mental peace, but from the little experience I have, I believe that one of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share
In the interests of everyone the artist had a responsibility to use his medium well. In the Tibetan culture, most of the paintings are… — Dalai Lama Copy Share
If the mind is dominated by hatred, the best part of the brain, which is used to judge right and wrong, does not function… — Dalai Lama Copy Share
More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness. — Dalai Lama Copy Share
Everybody loves to talk about calmness and peace, whether in a family, national, or international context, but without inner peace how can we make… — Dalai Lama Copy Share
The only "definitive truth" for Buddhism is the absolute negation of any one truth as the Definitive Truth. — Dalai Lama Copy Share
We can change society, change humanity by changing ourselves as individuals. By cultivating inner values, we can change our own lives and those of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share
I don't want to convert people to Buddhism — all major religions, when understood properly, have the same potential for good. — Dalai Lama Copy Share
There is no way to escape death, it is just like trying to escape by four great mountains touching sky. There is no escape… — Dalai Lama Copy Share
We live within the environment. So that directly relates with our survival, our life. So through that way, more concern of well being of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share
My belief is that the various religious traditions have great potential to increase compassion, the sense of caring for one another, and the spirit… — Dalai Lama Copy Share
When we think carefully, we see that the brief elation we experience when appeasing sensual impulses may not be very different from what the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share
“So let us reflect on what is truly of value in life, what gives meaning to our lives, and set our priorities on the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share
