“Politics devoid of ethics does not further human welfare, and life without morality reduces humans to the level of beasts.” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“The topic of compassion is not at all religious business; it is important to know it is human business, it is a… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“Ultimately humanity is one, and this small planet is our only home. If we're to protect this home of ours, each of… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“In many areas, too, people are having to deal with environmental problems and, with these, threats to their livelihood and worse. At… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“There are many religions seeking to bring comfort and happiness to humanity, just as there are many treatments for a particular disease.… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“Millions of people have been lifted from poverty and have gained access to modern education and health care. We have a universal… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“It is clear that something is seriously lacking in the way we humans are going about things. But what is it that… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“We all appreciate in others the inner qualities of kindness, patience, tolerance, forgiveness, and generosity, and in the same way we are… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“In the frenzy of modern life we lose sight of the real value of humanity. People become the sum total of what… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“THE HUMAN COMMUNITY has reached a critical point in its history. The world today forces us to accept that humanity is one.… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“All of us, all human beings, are basically inclined or disposes toward what we perceive to be good. Whatever we do, we… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“For a considerable portion of humanity today, it is possible and indeed likely that one's neighbor, one's colleague, or one's employer will… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“Transforming the mind involves first learning to know it, then identifying how it functions so as to eliminate the three main mental poisons, which… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“In general, if we carefully examine any given situation in a very unbiased and honest way, we will realize that to a large extent… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“No matter what activity or practice we are pursuing, there isn't anything that isn't made easier through constant familiarity and training. Through training, we… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“Live so when your children think of fairness and integrity they think of you.” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“It is important to consider others at least as important as ourselves. This is the essence of spirituality.” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“I maintain that Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Sikhism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism all hold up love as an ideal, seek to benefit… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“Marriages, even the best ones—perhaps especially the best ones—are an ongoing process of spoken and unspoken forgiveness. •” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“You see, if there are no difficulties and you are always relaxed, then you complain more” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“It is not happiness that makes us grateful. It is gratefulness that makes us happy. Every moment is a gift.” — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“Joy can span from the pleasure of others’ good fortune, what Buddhists call mudita, to the pleasure in others’ misfortune, what the Germans call… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“If you think only of yourself, if you forget the rights and well-being of others, or, worse still, if you exploit others, ultimately you… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
“It seems that scientific research reaches deeper and deeper. But it also seems that more and more people, at least scientists, are beginning to… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share
