Happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Through training there is knowledge. You can produce compassion, love, forgiveness. you can change yourself. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If you serve others as fully as you can, what you do will be a source of inner joy. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
True friendship develops not as a result of money or power but on the basis of genuine human affection. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
PeaceÂ… starts within each one of us. When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I always believed in love, compassion and a sense of universal respect. Every human being has that potential. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
It is expressions of affection rather than money and power that attract real friends. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
[Animals] appreciate others' affection, they also have the sort of ability to show their own affection. And then as soon as we're… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Forming a new world religion is difficult and not particularly desirable. However, in that love is essential to all religions, one could… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The essence of all religions is love, compassion, and tolerance. Kindness is my true religion. The clear proof of a person's love… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Our life depends on others so much that at the root of our existence is a fundamental need for love. That is… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Humans are not machines-we are something more. We have feeling and experience. Material comforts are not sufficient to satisfy us. We need… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Just give food without showing affection, [animals] might not get sort of 100% satisfaction. So they also, you see, when we human… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Our enemies provide us with a precious opportunity to practice patience and love. We should have gratitude toward them. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The person who received maximum affection from mother, that person also sort of cultivated the potential showing affection to others. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We are all, by nature, clearly oriented toward the basic human values of love and compassion. We all prefer the love of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In daily practice, reflect on the benefits of love, compassion and kindness, then reflect on the disadvantages of anger. Such continuous contemplation,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Just as we take for granted the need to acquire proficiency in the basic academic subjects, I am hopeful that a time… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
All major religious traditions carry basically the same message that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Interdependence is a fundamental law of nature. Even tiny insects survive by mutual cooperation based on innate recognition of their interconnectedness. It… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
More fundamental than religion is our basic human spirituality. We have a basic human disposition towards love, kindness and affection, irrespective of… — 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
The essence of all religions is love, compassion and tolerance. Kindness is my true religion. No matter whether you are learned or… — 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
The practice of love can be expressed in one sentence: 'Do not harm others.' — 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
More often than not, anger is actually an indication of weakness rather than of strength. — 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
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
![“[Animals] appreciate others' affection, they also have the sort of ability to show their own affection. And then as soon as we're born, child, no religious faith.” quote by Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/840/dalai-lama-89_ability_animals-appreciate-others-affection-they_2775684.jpg)
![“Just give food without showing affection, [animals] might not get sort of 100% satisfaction. So they also, you see, when we human beings, we show affection, the poor animal also respond to us.” quote by Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da7/dalai-lama-89_affection_just-give-food-without-showing-affection_2601134.jpg)
