Too much of a self-centered attitude creates mistrust and suspicion in others, which can in turn lead to fear. But if you… — 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
If you shift your focus from oneself to others, and think more about others' well-being and welfare, it has an immediate liberating… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If we can cultivate a concern for others, keeping in mind the oneness of humanity, we can build a more compassionate world. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We need a sense of the oneness of the 7 billion human beings alive today. When I meet people, I don't think… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The message of love and compassion will travel far and wide if all who follow a spiritual path work together in harmony… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
On love, not harming others, and respecting all beings. Even animals have these elements in their behavioral patterns. We should start by… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If humanity is to survive, happiness and inner balance are crucial. Otherwise the lives of our children and their children are more… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
On those days when I can spend a few hours getting some understanding, I feel fulfilled. I feel as if I have… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If the situation was such that there was only one learned lama or genuine practitioner alive, a person whose death would cause… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If we looked down at the world from space, we would not see any demarcations of national boundaries. We would simply see… — 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
The only clear thing is that we humans are the only species with the power to destroy the earth as we know… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
However capable and skillful an individual may be, left alone, he or she will not survive. When we are sick or very… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I consider myself to be just one among 7 billion human beings. If I were to think of myself as different from… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Most REAL change is slow. Happiness and joy are the purpose of life. If we know that the future will be very… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
For the rest of your life to be as meaningful as possible, engage in spiritual practice if you can. It is nothing… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Compassion is something we can count on. Even if we face economic problems and our fortunes decline, we can still share our… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If you concern yourself mainly with others, the broader your thinking becomes, and life’s inevitable difficulties disturb you less. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If you focus only on yourself and neglect others, you will lose; but you will gain if you value others as much… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If we want to save the world, we must have a plan. But no plan will work unless we meditate. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
It seems to me that self confidence and the ability to stand one's ground are essential if we want to succeed in… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
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 Image
The only "definitive truth" for Buddhism is the absolute negation of any one truth as the Definitive Truth. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
