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Dalai Lama Quotes

Total quotes: 31
“If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.”
— Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama Quotes
Tagged: kindness, Compassion, Helping People
“Friendship depends on trust—not money, not power, not education. Only if there’s trust will there be friendship.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Friendship, Trust
“Education today needs not only to develop our intelligence, but also to support basic human values of warm-heartedness and compassion.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Education, Emotion, Learning, Values, human values, Compassion
“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”
— Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness
Tagged: kindness, Religion, Philosophy, heart
“Friendship depends on trust, not money, not power, not mere education or knowledge. Only if there is trust between us will there be friendship. Trust is related to whether we have a sincere motivation. If we’re serious about taking care of others, protecting their lives and respecting their rights, we’ll be able to conduct our lives transparently and that’s the basis of trust, which in turn is the basis of friendship.”
— Dalai Lama, via Facebook
Tagged: Friendship, Trust, Toxic Relationships, Backstabber
“Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions.”
— Dalai Lama, 365 Best Inspirational Quotes: Daily Motivation For Your Best Year Ever:
Tagged: Postive, Motivational
“We are, you might say, 'brainwashed' into thinking that money is the source of happiness while what we really need to know is that inner peace is something that comes from within.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Inner Peace, internal peace, Peace Of Mind, Happiness, Money, money and happiness
“I often ask myself what is the purpose of our lives and I conclude that life's purpose is to be happy. We have no guarantee what will happen in the future, but we live in hope. That's what keeps us going.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Life, Living, live to be happy, Life's Purpose, Happiness, Be Happy
“Change in the world comes from individuals, from the inner peace in individual hearts. Just as ripples spread out when a single pebble is dropped into water, the actions of individuals can have far-reaching effects.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Change, change starts with you, change in the world
“We need to pay more attention to the inner values that are the key to our happiness.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: pay attention, key to happiness
“Building trust depends on concern for others and defending their rights, not doing them harm.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Building Trust, Defending Rights
“The time has come for us to consider seriously how to change our way of life not through prayer or religious teaching, but through education”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Education, Changing Our Way of Life
“Whether technology's effect is good or bad depends on the user. It's important that we shouldn't be slaves to technology; it should help us.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Technology, Effects of Technology
“Changing the world is up to us. If each of us tries, the next generation may see a happier, more peaceful world emerge.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: changing the world, Saving The Next Generation
“Protecting our environment is not a luxury we can choose to enjoy, but a simple matter of survival.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Enivironment, Protecting Our Environment, Survival
“There is no fortitude like patience, just as there is no destructive emotion worse than hatred. Therefore, practice patience and tolerance.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: pstience, fortitude, emotions, mental state, Mindset, Hate
“Take into account that great love& great achievement involve great risk.”
— Dalai Lama, Dalai Lama’s 18 Rules for Living
Tagged: Risk, Love
“Creating a better world will require will-power, vision and determination. And for that we need a strong sense that humanity is one family.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Being One, humanity, Unity
“Climate change affects everyone, all nations, not just one or two. Consider it a global issue; national interests will automatically be met.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Climate Change
“We experience happiness on a sensory level that is relatively short-lived. But lasting happiness is related to our state of mind.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Happiness, State of Mind, senses
“Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.”
— Dalai Lama, No Title
Tagged: Wanting Someone You Can't Have
“Inner peace depends on warm-heartedness and a concern for others’ well being.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Inner Peace, Living A Good Life
“To serve others and not only to secure their welfare, but also to avoid harming them, is the standard of a meaningful life.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Serving People, Life, Peaceful World
“Since loving kindness is the basis of a happy life, It’s my number one commitment to promote awareness of the importance of warm-heartedness”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Love, Friendship, Important Thoughts
“Virtually all of us have benefited from our mother’s affection at the start of our lives. When someone is on their deathbed, if he or she is surrounded by loved ones they can pass away peacefully. From birth to death we all need affection.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Life, Death, Life And Death, Life And Love, affection, Loved
“In today’s interconnected and globalized world, it’s now commonplace for people of different world views, faiths and races to live side by side. It’s a matter of great urgency, therefore, that we find ways to cooperate with one another in a spirit of mutual acceptance and respect.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: accepting, Acceptance of Others, Globalization, World, Respect, Respect for Each Other, respecting differences
“People inflict pain on others in their selfish pursuit of happiness and satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood. We need to cultivate a sense of universal responsibility for one another and the planet we share.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Happiness, Pain, Greed, selfishness, Unity, human compassion, humanity
“Humanity's thirst for natural resources can only be sustained if we adapt our patterns of consumption. Competition for necessities like water, food and land will inevitably intensify. To meet the challenge of climate change and environmental depletion we must all cooperate.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Climate Change, environment, Environmental Issues, Natural Resources, Global Warming
“Not only is it the case that happy people are more willing to help others, but as I generally point out, helping others is the best way to help yourself, the best way to promote your own happiness. It is you, yourself, who will receive the benefit.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Happiness, happiness in helping, happiness in life, Life
“There is a link between our physical and verbal actions and emotions. If, instead of anger, hatred and suspicion, we are moved by loving-kindness, we will naturally have greater respect for others and our actions will be non-violent.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: emotions, actions, emotions and actions, Kindess, Respect, Humility
“Silence is sometimes the best answer.”
— Dalai Lama, A quote by Dalai Lama XIV
Tagged: Silence
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