73 Dalai Lama Quotes for You to Enjoy

Dalai Lama

Leader

Born: Jul 6, 1935

Compassion Good People Religion Think You

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Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life. Dalai Lama

Life Today Responsibility Nation Before Sense Other Characterized Must More Only Also Than Human Forms Ever Universal

It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them. Dalai Lama

Daily Help Others Harming Others Our We Cannot Find Only Least Prayers Cannot Them Help Lives Daily Lives Necessary

Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops... If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship? Dalai Lama

Friendship You Trust Animal Face Affection Bad Beating Develop Develops Genuine Always How Gradually Show Showing Even

Out of 6 billion humans, the troublemakers are just a handful. Dalai Lama

Troublemakers Out Handful Just Billion Humans

World belongs to humanity, not this leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity. Dalai Lama

Humanity World King Leader Religious Prince Belongs

I think technology really increased human ability. But technology cannot produce compassion. Dalai Lama

Technology Compassion Think Increased Ability Human Cannot Produce Really

Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute. So that view is very helpful to maintain a peace of mind because the main destroyer of a peaceful mind is anger. Dalai Lama

Anger Peace Reality Mind Peace Of Mind Everything Way Destroyer Something Absolute Main Maintain Because Very Interdependent View Helpful Appearance Peaceful

I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted. Dalai Lama

Education Take For Granted Pay Pay Attention System About Take Had Attention Development Always Brain Modern Modern Education View Granted

The basic Buddhist stand on the question of equality between the genders is age-old. At the highest tantric levels, at the highest esoteric level, you must respect women: every woman. Dalai Lama

You Respect Woman Women Equality Every Must Highest Buddhist Between Question Esoteric Age-Old Stand Basic Level Levels

As a human being, anger is a part of our mind. Irritation also part of our mind. But you can do - anger come, go. Never keep in your sort of - your inner world, then create a lot of suspicion, a lot of distrust, a lot of negative things, more worry. Dalai Lama

You Anger Human Being World Mind Negative Our Worry Distrust More Never Part Come Also Sort Go Lot Human Suspicion Being Irritation Then Create Your Keep Things Inner Inner World

Physical comforts cannot subdue mental suffering, and if we look closely, we can see that those who have many possessions are not necessarily happy. In fact, being wealthy often brings even more anxiety. Dalai Lama

Happy Suffering Anxiety Those Possessions Wealthy Physical See Mental More Fact Look Comforts Subdue Closely Often Being In Fact Cannot Who Many Even Necessarily Brings

More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness. Dalai Lama

Happiness Mind Sense Other More Concern Well-Being Source Compassionate

Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute. Dalai Lama

Reality Everything Way Something Absolute Interdependent Appearance

The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis. Dalai Lama

Rest Own Analysis Critical Must Individual Always Ultimate Authority Reason

In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time. Dalai Lama

Work Time Sacrifice Become Must He He Or She Prosperous She Lot Very Person Order Leisure Leisure Time Hard Initially

Some scientists believe climate change is the cause of unprecedented melting of the North Pole, and that effects these very uncertain weather patterns. I think we should listen to those scientists and experts. Dalai Lama

I think the self-burning itself on practice of non-violence. These people, you see, they easily use bomb explosive, more casualty people. But they didn't do that. Only sacrifice their own life. So this also is part of practice of non-violence. Dalai Lama

Life You People Sacrifice Practice Own Think Easily See More Only Casualty Part Also Non-Violence Itself Use Explosive Bomb

My main hope is eventually, in modern education field, introduce education about warm-heartedness, not based on religion, but based on common experience and a common sort of sense, and then scientific finding. Dalai Lama

Education Hope Religion Experience Sense Field Introduce Finding About Main Sort Scientific Modern Common Modern Education Then Based Eventually

I think governments can't do much. Dalai Lama

Government Think Governments Much

Logically, harmony must come from the heart... Harmony very much based on trust. As soon as use force, creates fear. Fear and trust cannot go together. Dalai Lama

Together Heart Trust Fear Harmony Must Logically Soon Come Force Go Very Cannot Much Creates Use Based

Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation. Dalai Lama

Life Good Food Unhappy Become Situation He He Or She She Comforts Shelter Still Tragic Person Companion Even Good Food

There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive. Dalai Lama

Compassion Christian Meditation Nuns Ability Adopt Develop Buddhism Buddhist Devotion Course Methods Forgive Order Anyone Use Who Techniques Monks

Disagreement is something normal. Dalai Lama

Something Disagreement Normal

I have no trouble sleeping. Dalai Lama

Trouble Sleeping

The Dalai Lama is just a temporal leader of Tibet. Dalai Lama

Leader Temporal Tibet Just Lama Dalai Dalai Lama

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