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Material Quotes by Dalai Lama
- There should be a balance between material and spiritual progress, a balance achieved through the principles based on love and compassion.
- Mental happiness is more important than physical comfort. Physical comfort comes from the material. But material facilities cannot provide you with peace of mind.
- We need material development, but we need to understand that by itself it doesn't bring peace of mind.
- Human beings are of such nature that they should have not only material facilities but spiritual sustenance as well. Without spiritual sustenance, it is difficult…
- If humanity is to survive, happiness and inner balance are crucial. Otherwise the lives of our children and their children are more likely to be…
- It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the…
- Material development alone does not yield genuine inner peace.
- Material progress and a higher standard of living bring us greater comfort and health, but do not lead to a transformation of the mind, which…
- Material objects give rise to physical happiness, while spiritual development gives rise to mental happiness. Since we experience both physical and mental happiness, we need…
- Giving material goods is one form of generosity, but one can extend an attitude of generosity into all one's behavior. Being kind, attentive, and honest…
- We all want to live a happy life and have a right to do so, whether through work or spiritual practice. I'm subject to destructive…
- A sense of contentment is crucial to being happy. Physical health, material wealth and friends contribute to this, but contentment governs our relations with them…
- If we human beings rely only on material development, we can’t be sure of a positive outcome. Employing technology motivated by anger and hatred is…
- Scientists may study mainly matter but they cannot ignore the human mind, or consciousness: spiritual practitioners may be engaging mainly in developing the mind but…
- In this century we have made remarkable material progress, but basically we are the same as we were thousands of years ago. Our spiritual needs…
- From the scientific view, the theory of karma may be a metaphysical assumption -- but it is no more so than the assumption that all…
- We may now have reached a point where this gap in our make-up has become unsustainable; partly because what in the past would have counted…
- If there is love, there is hope that one may have real families, real brotherhood, real equanimity, real peace. If the love within your mind…
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