Destructive thoughts and emotions undermine the very causes of peace and happiness. If you think clearly about it, it makes no sense… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
When we are young and again when we are old, we depend heavily on the affection of others. Between these stages we… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I think that ethical behaviour is another feature of the kind of inner discipline that leads to a happier existence. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Many people think that patience is a sign of weakness. I think this is a mistake. It is anger that is a… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
When the days become longer and there is more sunshine, the grass becomes fresh and, consequently, we feel very happy. On the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Love, compassion and concern for others are real sources of happiness. If you have these in abundance, you will not be disturbed… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Death is a part of all our lives. Whether we like it or not, it is bound to happen. Instead of avoiding… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I think the person who has had more experience of hardships can stand more firmly in the face of problems than the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The more you think about your own self, the more self-centred you are, the more trouble even small problems can create in… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I hope that at this moment you are thinking of yourself as a human being rather than as an American, Asian, European,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Of course, there are different truths on different levels. Things are true relative to other things; "long" and "short" relate to each… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I think every human being, born from mother, and at least the next few years, you see, received immense affection from our… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There are five billion human beings and in a certain way I think we need five billion different religions, because there is… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.""Laughter is good for thinking because when people laugh, it is… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
A new way of thinking has become the necessary condition for responsible living and acting. If we maintain obsolete values and beliefs,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Looking at various means of developing compassion, I think empathy is an important factor: the ability to appreciate others' suffering. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
It may seem unrealistic to think we can ever become free from hatred, but Buddhists have systematic methods for gradually developing a… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If we have no inner peace, we deceive ourselves into thinking that comfort and prosperity will bring happiness. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I think mischievous people always there, ... Some kind of perfect world, that is impossible. Accept that reality. (For) those people who… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Because of the great differences in our ways of thinking, it is inevitable that we have different religions and faiths. Each has… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Everyday, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Those who have little interest in spirituality shouldn’t think that human inner values don’t apply to you. The inner peace of an… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I don't think human affection and compassion are just religious concerns; they're indispensable factors in our day-to-day lives. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In our daily life a certain way of thinking makes us happy, and a certain way of thinking makes us unhappy. In… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The key to genuine happiness is in our hands. To think this way is to discover the essential values of kindness, brotherly… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Each one of us is responsible for the whole of humankind. We need to think of each other really as brothers and… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
All human beings have an innate desire to overcome suffering, to find happiness. Training the mind to think differently, through meditation, is… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We can't be useful to ourselves unless we're useful to others .... Anyone concerned only by his own well-being will suffer eventually.… — 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
Like anyone else, I too have the potential for violence; I too have anger in me. However, I try to recall that… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Whenever I visit a market and see the chickens crowded together in tiny cages that give them no room to move around… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
There are five billion human beings and in a certain way I think we need five billion different religions. — 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
We need a sense of the oneness of the 7 billion human beings alive today. When I meet people, I don't think… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In a free country, America, or India, and Japan, and many places, democracy country, free country, but still within the sort of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Let us have that kind of effort from all, except those child or handicapped or too old. But the many people, they… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
At a personal level, as a Buddhist practitioner, I deliberately visualize and think about death in my daily practice. Death is not… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I consider myself to be just one among 7 billion human beings. If I were to think of myself as different from… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Every sort of seven billion human being have to think about the well-being of humanity. — 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
