Prayer alone will not make a happy life. A happy life must be built. You must act. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
A sense of concern for others gives our lives meaning; it is the root of all human happiness — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The female biologically [has] more potential to show affection and compassion. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
True enlightenment is nothing but the nature of one's own self being fully realized. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Meet hostility and suspicion with kindness. Helping others out of love is always the best option. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Developing love and compassion and reducing anger and spite is a universal activity which requires no faith in any religion whatsoever — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Love and compassion ... are the ultimate source of human happiness, and the need for them lies at the very core of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the reason why love and compassion bring the greatest happiness is simply that our nature cherishes them above all else. The… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There are so many things I could say about you but none of them can describe you fully. You are the beauty… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
All religion teaches the virtues of love, altruism and patience, while showing us how to discipline and transform ourselves to achieve inner… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
A heart full of love and compassion is the main source of inner strength, willpower, happiness, and mental tranquility — 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 feel that the essence of spiritual practice is your attitude toward others. When you have a pure, sincere motivation, then you… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
According to my own experience, the highest level of inner calm comes from the development of love and compassion. The more concerned… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We all have the potential to show others love and affection, but as we progress in our materialistic world, these values tend… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There is no denying that consideration of others is worthwhile and that our happiness is inextricably bound up with the happiness of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Peace starts within each one of us. When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us. When… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
For a person who cherishes compassion and love, the practice of tolerance is essential, and for that, and enemy is indispinsable. So… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
All the world's major religions, with their emphasis on love, compassion, patience, tolerance, and forgiveness can and do promote inner values. But… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Compassion and love constitute non-violence in action. They are the source of all spiritual qualities: forgiveness, tolerance, all the virtues. They give… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Anger cannot be overcome by anger. If someone is angry with you, and you show anger in return, the result is a… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The affection is mainly biological factor. Then further sort of strengthening, that religion helps. — 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
Compassion and love is the source of external and internal peace and is also the root of racial survival. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The practicing of loving kindness toward one's enemy is the ultimate test of one's own spiritual attainment. — 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
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 Image
“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 Image