Dalai Lama Quotes About Tibet

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  If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Dalai Lama, Victor Chan (2012). “The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights”, p.11, Random House

• My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Success, God

  "Tibet, a Guide to the Land of Fascination". Book by Trilok Chandra Majupuria and Indra Majupuria, 1988.

• Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational
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  Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "A Small Drop of Ink: A Collection of Inspirational and Moving Quotations of the Ages". Book by Linda Pendleton, 2003.

• 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

  Inspirational, Uplifting, Spiritual

  "The Dalai Lama, A Policy of Kindness: An Anthology by and about the Dalai Lama" edited by Sidney Piburn, (p.52), 1990.

• We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

  Dalai Lama

  Motivational, Spiritual, Peace

• Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Buddhist, Buddhism

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.14, Penguin Books India
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  Open your arms to change but don't let go of your values.

  Dalai Lama

  Moving On, Letting Go, Spiritual

• We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Inspirational, Life

• All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Karma, Religious

  "Especially for Christians: Powerful Thought-provoking Words from the Past" by Mark Alton Rose, (p. 19), 2005.

• Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Karma, Peace

• I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Positive, Encouraging

• Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspiring, Spiritual, Compassion

  "Words Of Wisdom: Selected Quotes by His Holiness the Dalai Lama" edited by Margaret Gee, (p. 71), 2001.

• Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

  Dalai Lama

  Karma, Wisdom, Buddhist

• With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

  His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2013). “The Dalai Lama’s Little Book of Wisdom”, p.7, HarperCollins UK

• Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

  Dalai Lama

  Success, Spiritual, Buddhist

• The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.

  Dalai Lama

  Past, Government, Laughing

• Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

  Dalai Lama

  Spiritual, Religious, Kindness

  "The Dalai Lama, A Policy of Kindness: An Anthology by and about the Dalai Lama" edited by Sidney Piburn, (p. 52), 1990.

• Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Karma, Buddhist

• I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passes away.

  Dalai Lama

  Struggle, Views, Passing Away

• If we lose our hope, that's our real disaster!

  Dalai Lama

  Strength, Real, Painful Experiences

• I am confident I will set foot again in Tibet in my lifetime.

  Dalai Lama

  Feet, Lifetime, Tibet

• If the situation was such that there was only one learned lama or genuine practitioner alive, a person whose death would cause the whole of Tibet to lose all hope of keeping its Buddhist way of life, then it is conceivable that in order to protect that one person it might be justified for one or 10 enemies to be eliminated if there was no other way.

  Dalai Lama

  Buddhist, Order, Enemy

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• Because my main concern is the Tibetan Buddhist culture, not just political independence, I cannot seek self-rule for central Tibet and exclude the 4 million Tibetans in our two eastern provinces of Amdo and Kham.

  Dalai Lama

  Buddhist, Two, Self

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• Without mutual tolerance emerging as the foundation, terrible situations like those of Tibet and Sri Lanka, Bosnia and Rwanda, can never be effectively improved.

  Dalai Lama

  Sri Lanka, Tolerance, Foundation

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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