Whatever the intellectual quality of the education given our children, it is vital that it include elements of love and compassion, for… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The realization that we are all basically the same human beings who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering is very helpful… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We humans have existed in our present form for about a hundred thousand years. I believe that if during this time the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If you resort to violent methods because the other side has destroyed your monastery, for example, you then have lost not only… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty,… — 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
A heart full of love and compassion is the main source of inner strength, willpower, happiness, and mental tranquility — 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
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
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
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
For a practitioner of love and compassion, an enemy is one of the most important teachers. Without an enemy you cannot practice… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We are beset by problems and if we look for their source, we find they arise because of our selfishness, because we… — 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
I have observed that religious practice is not a precondition either of ethical conduct or of happiness itself. I have also suggested… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
True happiness comes from having a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved by cultivating altruism, love… — 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
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
Foolish, selfish people are always thinking of themselves and the result is always negative. Wise persons think of others, helping them as… — 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
