Values Quotes by Dalai Lama

I am not promoting Buddhism. I am promoting human values.

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From adversity we can learn the value of patience.

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In most cases, my visits to the West are for promotion of human values and religious harmony.

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Basically, from the viewpoint of real human value we are all the same.

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

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Don't be a person of success, be a person of value.

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If your life becomes only a medium of production, then many of the good human values and characteristics will be lost.

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The more contact we have with one another and the more we come to understand each other's values, the greater will be…

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Wherever I go meeting the public... spreading a message of human values, spreading a message of harmony, is the most important thing.

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The challenge today is to convince people of the value of truth, honesty, compassion and a concern for others.

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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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Inner values like friendship, trust, honesty and compassion are much more reliable than money - they always bring happiness and strength.

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We are all basically the same human beings, who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering. Everybody is my peer group. Your…

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Compassion is of little value if it just remains an idea. It must motivate how we respond to others and be reflective…

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Peace and the survival of life on earth as we know it are threatened by human activities which lack a commitment to…

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We are all, by nature, clearly oriented toward the basic human values of love and compassion. We all prefer the love of…

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It is crucial that we realize the great value of human existence, the opportunity and the potential that our brief lives afford…

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Developing inner values is much like physical exercise. The more we train our abilities, the stronger they become. The difference is that,…

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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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More fundamental than religion is our basic human spirituality. We have a basic human disposition towards love, kindness and affection, irrespective of…

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All the world’s major religions, with their emphasis on love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness, can and do promote inner values. But…

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We can change society, change humanity by changing ourselves as individuals. By cultivating inner values, we can change our own lives and…

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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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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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The way of presentation is different according to each religion. In theistic religions like Buddhism, Buddhist values are incorporated. In nontheistic religions,…

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Human beings by nature want happiness and do not want suffering. With that feeling everyone tries to achieve happiness and tries to…

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We all want to live a happy life and have a right to do so, whether through work or spiritual practice. I'm…

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When young we have a vivid sense of basic values like trust and warm-heartedness, which we tend to neglect in today's competitive…

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When I look at birds and animals, their survival is without rules, without conditions, without organization. But mothers take good care of…

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We all have the potential to show others love and affection, but as we progress in our materialistic world, these values tend…

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There must be a way of promoting human values without involving religion, based on common sense, experience and recent scientific findings.

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In order to lead a meaningful life, you need to cherish others, pay attention to human values and try to cultivate inner…

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Because the existing education system is oriented towards materialistic goals we need to pay special attention to inner values such as tolerance,…

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If you focus only on yourself and neglect others, you will lose; but you will gain if you value others as much…

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I can do what my energy, my time, to my other sort of commitment. And then also emotional, religious harmony. So in…

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Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, "I am of no value", is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself.…

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Modern education is premised strongly on materialistic values. It is vital that when educating our children's brains that we do not neglect…

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I think the problem is these basic sort of human values from our - from the beginning, from birth, are not sort…

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I have three commitments. Number one commitment is promotion of human value. Number two commitment is promotion of race harmony. Number three…

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Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, 'I am of no value', is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself.…

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