"Because we all share this small planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. That is not just a dream, but a necessity. We are dependent on each other in so many ways, that we can no longer live in isolated communities and ignore what is happening outside those communities, and we must share the good fortune that we enjoy." (Tenzin Gyatso [14th Dalai Lama], [Nobel lecture] 1989)
"Most of our troubles are due to our passionate desire for and attachment to things that we misapprehend as enduring entities." (Tenzin Gyatso [14th Dalai Lama, "Ocean of Wisdom: Guidelines for Living", 1989)
"To study Buddhism and then use it as a weapon in order to criticize others' theories or ideologies is wrong. The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticize others. Rather, we must criticize ourselves. How much am I doing about my anger? About my attachment, about my hatred, about my pride, my jealousy? These are the things which we must check in daily life with the knowledge of the Buddhist teachings." (Tenzin Gyatso, [14th Dalai Lama], "The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness", 1990)
"Tibetan Buddhism considers sleep to be a form of nourishment, like food, that restores and refreshes the body. Another type of nourishment is samadhi, or meditative concentration. If one becomes advanced enough in the practice of meditative concentration, then this itself sustains or nourishes the body." (Dalai Lama, "Tibetan Dream Yoga: A Complete System for Becoming Conscious in Your Dreams", 1994)
"To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. Rather than speaking badly about people and in ways that will produce friction and unrest in their lives, we should practice a purer perception of them, and when we speak of others, speak of their good qualities." (Dalai Lama), "The Path to Enlightenment", 1994)
"What acts as a far more effective circumstance for generating compassion and what, in fact, rouses us from our comfortable meditation seat is actually seeing or hearing others - encountering others directly, not just conceptually in our imagination." (Dalai Lama & Alexander Berzin, "The Gelug/Kagyü Tradition of Mahamudra", 1994)
"As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery.
We have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace.
The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as
anger and attachment, fear and suspicion,
while love and compassion, a sense of universal responsibility
are the sources of peace and happiness." (Tenzin Gyatso [14th Dalai Lama], "Path To Tranquility", 1998)
"True friends share genuine closeness and remain friends irrespective of fluctuating fortunes." (Tenzin Gyatso [14th Dalai Lama], "The transformed mind: reflections on truth, love, and hapiness", 1999)
"Attachment constrains our vision so that we are not able to see things from a wider perspective." (Tenzin Gyatso [14th Dalai Lama], "Transforming the mind: teachings on generating compassion", 2000)
"Compassion without attachment is possible. Therefore, we need to clarify the distinctions between compassion and attachment. True compassion is not just an emotional response but a firm commitment founded on reason. Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude towards others does not change even if they behave negatively. Genuine compassion is based not on our own projections and expectations, but rather on the needs of the other..." (Tenzin Gyatso [14th Dalai Lama]," The Compassionate Life", 2001)
"The mind has power over the body and speech, and therefore any training of body and speech must begin with the mind." (Dalai Lama, "Stages Of Meditation", 2002)
"According to Buddhist psychology most of our troubles stem from attachment to things that we mistakenly see as permanent." (Tenzin Gyatso [14th Dalai Lama], "How to See Yourself As You Really Are", 2006)
" To help us bring benefit to others through our words and actions, it is useful to cultivate an attitude of sympathetic joy in others' achievements and good fortune. This attitude is a powerful antidote against envy, which is not only a source of unnecessary suffering on the individual level but also an obstacle to our ability to reach out and engage with others." (Tenzin Gyatso [14th Dalai Lama], "Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World", 2011)
"The way to develop inner peace through meditation begins with the recognition that the destroyer of inner peace is not some external foe, but is within us. Therefore, the solution is within us too. However, that inner change does not take place immediately in the way that we switch on a light, but takes weeks, months and years." (Dalai Lama, [talk] 2014)
"It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come." (Dalai Lama)
"Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it." (Dalai Lama)
"Just as ripples spread out when a single pebble is dropped into water, the actions of individuals can have far-reaching effects." (Tenzin Gyatso, Dalai Lama XIV)
"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." (Dalai Lama)
"My religion is kindness." (Dalai Lama)
"Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day". (Dalai Lama)
"Once a year, go someplace you have never been before." (Dalai Lama)
"One must lose all, sacrifice, in order to gain anything, you must first lose everything." (The 14th Dalai Lama)
"Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values." (Dalai Lama)
"Out primce purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them." (Dalai Lama)
"Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner of conscience. It does not comfort those who have lost their loved ones in floods caused by senseless deforestation in a neighboring country. Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free." (Dalai Lama)
"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck." (Dalai Lama)
"Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer." (Dalai Lama)
"Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other." (Dalai Lama)
"Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality." (Dalai Lama)
"Silence is sometimes the best answer." (Dalai Lama)
"Spend some time alone every day." (Dalai Lama)
"Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk." (Dalai Lama)
"The feeling of unbearableness at the sight of other peoples’ suffering, other sentient beings’ suffering. In order to generate that feeling one must first have an appreciation of the seriousness or intensity of another’s suffering. The more fully one understands suffering, and the various kinds of suffering that we are subject to, the deeper will be one’s level of compassion." (Dalai Lama)
"The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well being." (Dalai Lama)
"The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness." (Dalai Lama)
"The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred." (Dalai Lama)
"There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’ No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster." (Dalai Lama)
"There needs to be understanding that anger never helps to solve a problem. It destroys our peace of mind and blinds our ability to think clearly. Anger and attachment are emotions that distort our view of reality." (Dalai Lama) [attributed]
"This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness." (14th Dalai Lama)
"True change is within; leave the outside as it is." (Dalai Lama)
"We all have to live together, so we might as well live together happily." (Dalai Lama)
"We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection." (Dalai Lama)
"We cannot hope to die peacefully if our lives have been full of violence, or if our minds have mostly been agitated by emotions like anger, attachment, or fear. So if we wish to die well, we must learn how to live well: Hoping for a peaceful death, we must cultivate peace in our mind, and in our way of life." (Dalai Lama)
"We need to strengthen such inner values as contentment, patience and tolerance, as well as compassion for others. Keeping in mind that it is expressions of affection rather than money and power that attract real friends, compassion is the key to ensuring our own well-being." (Dalai Lama)
"What is Love? Love is the absence of judgment." (Dalai Lama)
"When you lose, don’t lose the lesson." (Dalai Lama)
"When you realize you have made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it." (Dalai Lama)
"When you think everything is someone else's fault, you will suffer a lot. When you realize that everything springs only from yourself, you will learn both peace and joy. Pride leads to violence and evil. The truly good gaze upon everything with love and understanding." (Dalai Lama)
"Why worry? If there is anything that you can do to change it then change it, if not then why worry." (Dalai Lama)
"Wisdom is the best guide and faith is the best companion. One must try to escape from the darkness of ignorance and suffering, and seek the light of Enlightenment." (Dalai Lama)
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