When someone talks about self discipline, it usually means they want to control someone. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Real power has to do with one's ability to influence the hearts and minds of others. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There are many different kinds of power. True power comes from serving and helping others. Such behavior makes people respect you. They… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Chairman Mao once said that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. He was only partly right: power that comes… — 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
Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense. I am just… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We need to strengthen such inner values as contentment, patience and tolerance, as well as compassion for others. Keeping in mind that… — 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
