--- title: "20 Oneself Quotes By Dalai Lama" description: "20 Oneself quotes by Dalai Lama. Plus more from Dalai Lama and more Oneself sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/dalai-lama-89_awareness_to-be-aware-of-a-single-shortcoming-with_2922486.jpg" --- > [To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/to-be-aware-of-a-single-shortcoming-within-oneself-is-more-useful-2/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/dalai-lama-89_awareness_to-be-aware-of-a-single-shortcoming-with_2922486.jpg) > [To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/to-conquer-oneself-is-a-greater-victory-than-to-conquer-thousands-in/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/dalai-lama-89_battle_to-conquer-oneself-is-a-greater-victory_787654.jpg) > [To be aware of a single shortcoming in oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in someone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/to-be-aware-of-a-single-shortcoming-in-oneself-is-more-useful-than-to/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00a/dalai-lama-89_awareness_to-be-aware-of-a-single-shortcoming-in-o_2387330.jpg) > [Human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/human-satisfaction-must-ultimately-come-from-within-oneself/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb6/dalai-lama-89_human-happiness_human-satisfaction-must-ultimately-come_104733.jpg) > [If you shift your focus from oneself to others, and think more about others' well-being and welfare, it has an immediate liberating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/if-you-shift-your-focus-from-oneself-to-others-and-think-more-about/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/dalai-lama-89_effects_if-you-shift-your-focus-from-oneself-to_2240928.jpg) > [To defy the authority of empirical evidence is to disqualify oneself as someone worthy of critical engagement in a dialogue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/to-defy-the-authority-of-empirical-evidence-is-to-disqualify-oneself/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/458/dalai-lama-89_authority_to-defy-the-authority-of-empirical-evide_1728724.jpg) > [Many people and companies only have one goal: money, money, and more money. Greed is ok when you let others profit from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/many-people-and-companies-only-have-one-goal-money-money-and-more/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c05/dalai-lama-89_business_many-people-and-companies-only-have-one_474745.jpg) > [Indulgence in resentment and vengeance will only further increase miseries to oneself and others in this life and in lives to come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/indulgence-in-resentment-and-vengeance-will-only-further-increase/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/793/dalai-lama-89_anger_indulgence-in-resentment-and-vengeance-w_415569.jpg) > [Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free. True…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/peace-can-only-last-where-human-rights-are-respected-where-the-people/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7d/dalai-lama-89_development_peace-can-only-last-where-human-rights-a_1045945.jpg) > [Be a good human being, a warm-hearted affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief. Having a sense of caring, a feeling of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/be-a-good-human-being-a-warm-hearted-affectionate-person-that-is-my/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/721/dalai-lama-89_affectionate_be-a-good-human-being-a-warm-hearted-aff_2811715.jpg) > [Not to identify oneself with something, or to associate things with the 'me,' and to see that the idea that there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/not-to-identify-oneself-with-something-or-to-associate-things-with/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84f/dalai-lama-89_associates_not-to-identify-oneself-with-something-o_98196.jpg) > [Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself. It is wrong to expect some final satisfaction to come from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/human-happiness-and-human-satisfaction-must-ultimately-come-from/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/dalai-lama-89_computer_human-happiness-and-human-satisfaction-m_1607933.jpg) > [To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/to-be-aware-of-a-single-shortcoming-within-oneself-is-more-useful/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f80/dalai-lama-89_awareness_to-be-aware-of-a-single-shortcoming-with_369887.jpg) > [Every noble work is bound to face problems and obstacles. It is important to check your goal and motivation thoroughly. One should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/every-noble-work-is-bound-to-face-problems-and-obstacles-it-is/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71b/dalai-lama-89_action_every-noble-work-is-bound-to-face-proble_2678884.jpg) > [Learning to forgive is much more useful than merely picking up a stone and throwing it at the object of one's anger,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/learning-to-forgive-is-much-more-useful-than-merely-picking-up-a/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/dalai-lama-89_adversity_learning-to-forgive-is-much-more-useful_854193.jpg) > [I feel that a genuine, affectionate smile is very important in our day-to-day lives. How one creates that smile largely depends on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/i-feel-that-a-genuine-affectionate-smile-is-very-important-in-our-day/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f9/dalai-lama-89_affectionate_i-feel-that-a-genuine-affectionate-smile_128963.jpg) > [The first beneficiary of compassion is always oneself. When compassion, or warmheartedness, arises in us and our focus shifts away from our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/the-first-beneficiary-of-compassion-is-always-oneself-when-compassion/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e3/dalai-lama-89_arise_the-first-beneficiary-of-compassion-is-a_2977742.jpg) > [From the viewpoint of absolute truth, what we feel and experience in our ordinary daily life is all delusion. Of all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/from-the-viewpoint-of-absolute-truth-what-we-feel-and-experience-in/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/dalai-lama-89_absolute-truth_from-the-viewpoint-of-absolute-truth-wha_597307.jpg) > [Lack of understanding of the true nature of happiness, it seems to me, is the principal reason why people inflict sufferings on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/lack-of-understanding-of-the-true-nature-of-happiness-it-seems-to-me/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10b/dalai-lama-89_anxiety_lack-of-understanding-of-the-true-nature_2157556.jpg) > [There is no need to mention the great difference between the amount of satisfaction there is in just oneself being happy and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/there-is-no-need-to-mention-the-great-difference-between-the-amount/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/dalai-lama-89_amount_there-is-no-need-to-mention-the-great-di_1685008.jpg) ## Other authors on Oneself ## More by Dalai Lama > [Although under particular circumstances, the violence method - any method - can be justified, nevertheless once you commit violence, then counterviolence will be returned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/although-under-particular-circumstances-the-violence-method-any/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) > [There are a number of qualities which are important for mental peace, but from the little experience I have, I believe that one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/there-are-a-number-of-qualities-which-are-important-for-mental-peace/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) > [In the interests of everyone the artist had a responsibility to use his medium well. In the Tibetan culture, most of the paintings are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/in-the-interests-of-everyone-the-artist-had-a-responsibility-to-use/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) > [If the mind is dominated by hatred, the best part of the brain, which is used to judge right and wrong, does not function…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/if-the-mind-is-dominated-by-hatred-the-best-part-of-the-brain-which/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) > [More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/more-compassionate-mind-more-sense-of-concern-for-other-s-well-being/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) > [Everybody loves to talk about calmness and peace, whether in a family, national, or international context, but without inner peace how can we make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/everybody-loves-to-talk-about-calmness-and-peace-whether-in-a-family/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) > [The only "definitive truth" for Buddhism is the absolute negation of any one truth as the Definitive Truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/the-only-definitive-truth-for-buddhism-is-the-absolute-negation-of/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) > [We can change society, change humanity by changing ourselves as individuals. By cultivating inner values, we can change our own lives and those of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/we-can-change-society-change-humanity-by-changing-ourselves-as/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) > [I don't want to convert people to Buddhism — all major religions, when understood properly, have the same potential for good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/i-don-t-want-to-convert-people-to-buddhism-all-major-religions-when/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) > [There is no way to escape death, it is just like trying to escape by four great mountains touching sky. There is no escape…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/there-is-no-way-to-escape-death-it-is-just-like-trying-to-escape-by/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) > [We live within the environment. So that directly relates with our survival, our life. So through that way, more concern of well being of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/we-live-within-the-environment-so-that-directly-relates-with-our/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) > [My belief is that the various religious traditions have great potential to increase compassion, the sense of caring for one another, and the spirit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/my-belief-is-that-the-various-religious-traditions-have-great/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) > [When we think carefully, we see that the brief elation we experience when appeasing sensual impulses may not be very different from what the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/when-we-think-carefully-we-see-that-the-brief-elation-we-experience/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) > [“So let us reflect on what is truly of value in life, what gives meaning to our lives, and set our priorities on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/so-let-us-reflect-on-what-is-truly-of-value-in-life-what-gives/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) > [I am the source of my own suffering, because of the habits of my mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/i-am-the-source-of-my-own-suffering-because-of-the-habits-of-my-mind/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/oneself/dalai-lama/#itemlist", "name": "20 Oneself Quotes By Dalai Lama", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dalai Lama" }, "url": 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