Most of our problems are related to the mind, so we have to work to reduce our destructive emotions. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
More often than not, anger is actually an indication of weakness rather than of strength. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There is nothing I can't live without. I learned this attitude when I was a child. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
It's best not to get too excited or too depressed by the ups and downs of life. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We are social animals. Others' suffering is ultimately your suffering; their happiness is ultimately your happiness. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Try to remain truthful. The power of truth never declines. Force and violence may be effective in the short term, but in… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Not only is your own happiness and welfare related to others, but the more you help them, the happier you will be. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and a sense of universal responsibility with or without religion. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Time passes unhindered. When we make mistakes, we cannot turn the clock back and try again. All we can do is use… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
It is very wrong for people to feel deeply sad when they lose some money, yet when they waste the precious moments… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Better grounded emotionally through patience, we become stronger mentally and spiritually, and tend to be healthier physically. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Once a positive goal is chosen, you should decide to pursue it all the way to the end. Even if it is… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The practice of patience guards us against losing our presence of mind. It enables us to remain undisturbed, even when the situation… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
On the philosophical level, both Buddhism and modern science share a deep suspicion of any notion of absolutes, whether conceptualize as a… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We should practice by showing one another love and helping one another. It is a mistake to pursue happiness and to seek… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
As free human beings we can use our unique intelligence to try to understand ourselves and our world. But if we are… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The quality of everything we do: our physical actions, our verbal actions, and even our mental actions, depends on our motivation. That's… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We need to take action to develop compassion, to create inner peace within ourselves and to share that inner peace with our… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Those who have little interest in spirituality shouldn’t think that human inner values don’t apply to you. The inner peace of an… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
One can be deceived by three types of laziness: of indolence, which is the wish to procrastinate; the laziness of inferiority, which… — 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
