Needs Quotes by Dalai Lama

We don't need to respond with desperate violence.

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Each individual has a universal responsibility to shape institutions to serve human needs.

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If it can be solved, there's no need to worry, and if it can't be solved, worry is of no use.

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Different religions meet the needs of different people

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When you engage in fulfilling the needs of others, your own needs are fulfilled as a by-product.

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Instead of harboring fear and suspicion we need to think of other people not as ‘them’ but ‘us’.

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We all need basic human values rooted in trust and affection.

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So our future is in our own hands. What greater free will do we need?

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We need to understand how destructive emotions affect us and constructive emotions can help us, so that we can maintain our peace…

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Other human beings have a right to peace and happiness that is equal to our own; therefore we have a responsibility to…

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We need cooperation based on trust and self-confidence to create an open, compassionate, harmonious society.

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It is our enemies who provide us with the challenge we need to develop the qualities of tolerance, patience and compassion.

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If someone does not smile at you, be generous and offer your own smile. Nobody needs a smile more than the one…

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The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of all kinds.

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Reason well from the beginning and then there will never be any need to look back with confusion and doubt.

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We need to make material progress, but we need inner development too ... remember that the real development we seek is not…

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If there are sound reasons or bases for the points you demand, then there is no need for violence. On the other…

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As human beings we each have a responsibility to care for humanity. Expressing concern for others brings inner strength and deep satisfaction.…

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Just as we take for granted the need to acquire proficiency in the basic academic subjects, I am hopeful that a time…

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Kindness and a good heart are the foundation for success in this life, progress on the spiritual path, and the fulfillment of…

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An affectionate disposition not only makes the mind more peaceful and calm, but it affects our body in a positive way too.…

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There are five billion human beings and in a certain way I think we need five billion different religions, because there is…

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According to Buddhism, individuals are masters of their own destiny. And all living beings are believed to possess the nature of the…

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It is not enough simply to wish that love and compassion should increase in us. We need to make a sustained effort,…

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I call the light and high aspects of my being spirit and the dark and heavy aspects soul. Soul is at home…

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All major religious traditions carry basically the same message that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be…

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Interdependence is a fundamental law of nature. Even tiny insects survive by mutual cooperation based on innate recognition of their interconnectedness. It…

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I'm sure all of us agree that we need to overcome violence, but we first need to examine whether it has any…

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Learning is the first step in making positive changes within yourself. Other factors are conviction, determination, action & effort. Learning & education…

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We have to think and see how we can fundamentally change our education system so that we can train people to develop…

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We need to employ a secular approach to ethics, secular in the Indian sense of respecting all religious traditions and even the…

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I am convinced that human nature is basically affectionate and good. If our behavior follows our kind and loving nature, immense benefits…

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The need for love lies at the very foundation of human existence.

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We need to teach people that the environment has a direct bearing on our own benefit.

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By being inattentive to the needs of others, inevitably we end up harming them.

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Values are related to our emotions, just as we practice physical hygiene to preserve our physical health, we need to observe emotional…

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Concern yourselves more with the needs of others, with the needs of all humanity, and you'll have peace of mind.

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You need self-confidence and determination: feeling depressed and losing hope will never really help to correct any situation.

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We need a little more compassion, and if we cannot have it, then no politician or even a magician can save the…

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Humans are not machines-we are something more. We have feeling and experience. Material comforts are not sufficient to satisfy us. We need…

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