Not to identify oneself with something, or to associate things with the 'me,' and to see that the idea that there is… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I feel that a genuine, affectionate smile is very important in our day-to-day lives. How one creates that smile largely depends on… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else.… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Indulgence in resentment and vengeance will only further increase miseries to oneself and others in this life and in lives to come. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Many people and companies only have one goal: money, money, and more money. Greed is ok when you let others profit from… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
From the viewpoint of absolute truth, what we feel and experience in our ordinary daily life is all delusion. Of all the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Learning to forgive is much more useful than merely picking up a stone and throwing it at the object of one's anger,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free. True… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself. It is wrong to expect some final satisfaction to come from… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There is no need to mention the great difference between the amount of satisfaction there is in just oneself being happy and… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
To defy the authority of empirical evidence is to disqualify oneself as someone worthy of critical engagement in a dialogue. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Lack of understanding of the true nature of happiness, it seems to me, is the principal reason why people inflict sufferings on… — 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
To be aware of a single shortcoming in oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in someone else. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Every noble work is bound to face problems and obstacles. It is important to check your goal and motivation thoroughly. One should… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Be a good human being, a warm-hearted affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief. Having a sense of caring, a feeling of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The first beneficiary of compassion is always oneself. When compassion, or warmheartedness, arises in us and our focus shifts away from our… — 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
