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Dalai Lama Quotes

Total quotes: 56
“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
“As human beings we need to assess whether anger has any value - it destroys our peace of mind. Compassion, on the other hand, brings optimism and hope.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Anger, Compassion, getting angry
“Compassion is of little value if it just remains an idea. It must motivate how we respond to others and be reflected in all our thoughts and actions.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Compassion, human compassion, act, actions
“Inner transformation is not a matter of faith or prayer. It involves reason and the use of human intelligence. A calm and healthy mind has a very positive effect on our physical health and well-being.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Transformation, inner transformation, Spirituality, Spiritual Transformation
“Prayer by itself is not sufficient to bring about peace of mind. What is much more effective is coming to understand the workings of the mind and learning how to tackle the mental afflictions that disturb it.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: prayer, Praying, Mental Health, Spirituality
“Everyone wants to lead a peaceful, happy life, but happiness and success aren’t measured by how much money you have, but by whether you have inner peace in your heart.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Life, Peace Of Mind, living simply, life's simplicity
“Our real enemies and the enemies of humanity are negative emotions like anger and hatred. Indeed, people who are dominated by powerful negative emotions should be objects of our compassion.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: enemies, Negativity, negative emotions, Enemy, be compassionate
“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
“Compassion brings us peace of mind. It brings a smile to our face and genuine smiles bring us closer together.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Compassion, Happiness
“It is possible to use our intelligence and extend our compassion to others, including even our enemies.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Knowledge, Compassion
“The future is in your hands, but for it to be peaceful and happy requires a sense of compassion and concern for others’ well-being.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Compassion, Well-Being, humanity, Living Peacefully
“On a mental level kindness and compassion give rise to lasting joy. They reduce fear.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Joy, kindness, Compassion
“If you have a warm heart and you care for others you'll be happy and the community in which you live will be happier too.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Living Happy, Happiness
“Genuine compassion—unbiased and not mixed with attachment—is a source of genuine human happiness.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Genuine Compassion, Happiness, Happy Life
“We think that if we have health and wealth they’re enough to be happy, but actually happiness depends on the state of our minds.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Health, Wealth, Happiness
“Problems created by human beings have to be solved by human beings. Basic human nature is compassionate and this is our source of hope.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: humanity, Solving Problems
“We may sometimes feel that we can’t do much as individuals, but humanity is made up of individuals; we can make a difference.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Believe In Yourself, Make A Difference
“If we start now and make the effort, we can make the world a more peaceful place. We have to try.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Healing The World, Peaceful World
“In order to help others, in order to serve others, the real motive is love.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Love, Serving People, Helping Others
“When faced with problems, don’t lose hope. Keep up your self-confidence and don’t be too impatient to achieve quick results.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Self Confidence, Don't Lose Hope
“Fundamentally, all spiritual traditions help us train our minds, overcome our negativities and fulfill our inner potential.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Spirituality, Spiritual Journey, Traditions
“A more peaceful world and a more peaceful century require that we rely not on weapons but on developing a widespread inner peace.”
— Dalai Lama
Tagged: Peace, Inner Peace, No to Weapons
“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
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