Dalai Lama Quotes - Page 28

• Gratitude is something you show in relation to others.

  Dalai Lama

  Gratitude, Relation, Shows

  7 Copy quote

• My religion is kindness.

  Dalai Lama

  Kindness, Yoga, Religion

  Dalai Lama (2005). “The World of Tibetan Buddhism: An Overview of Its Philosophy and Practice”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

  12 Copy quote

• It is felt that a disciplined mind leads to happiness and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering, and in fact it is said that bringing about discipline within one's mind is the essence of the Buddha's teaching.

  Dalai Lama

  Teaching, Essence, Discipline

  Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.48, Penguin

  7 Copy quote

• Every noble work is bound to face problems and obstacles. It is important to check your goal and motivation thoroughly. One should be very truthful, honest, and reasonable. One's actions should be good for others, and for oneself as well. Once a positive goal is chosen, you should decide to pursue it all the way to the end. Even if it is not realized, at least there will be no regret.

  Dalai Lama

  Motivation, Regret, Adversity

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.56, Penguin Books India

  14 Copy quote

• Every human actions becomes dangerous when it is deprived of human feeling. When they are performed with feeling and respect for human values, all activities become constructive.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Feelings, Action

  Dalai Lama, Sofia Stril-Rever (2010). “My Spiritual Journey”, p.10, Harper Collins

  11 Copy quote

• The most important benefit of patience consists in the way it acts as a powerful antidote to the affliction of anger - the greatest threat to our inner peace, and therefore our happiness. The mind, or spirit, is not physical, it cannot be touched or harmed directly. Only negative thoughts and emotions can harm it. Therefore, only the corresponding positive quality can protect it.

  Dalai Lama

  Happy, Patience, Powerful

  12 Copy quote

• If a problem can be solved it will be. If it can not be solved there is no use worrying about it.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Worry, Use

  7 Copy quote

• We are born and reborn countless number of times, and it is possible that each being has been our parent at one time or another. Therefore, it is likely that all beings in this universe have familial connections.

  Dalai Lama

  Numbers, Parent, Connections

  7 Copy quote

• Laughing in full abandonment is very good for your health.

  Dalai Lama

  Laughing, Abandonment, Very Good

  8 Copy quote

• If you want change, create the causes.

  Dalai Lama

  Want, Causes, Ifs

  8 Copy quote

• Differences in religious beliefs, politics, social status, and position are all secondary. When we look at someone with compassion, we are able to see beyond these secondary differences and connect to the primary essence that binds all humans together as one.

  Dalai Lama

  Wisdom, Religious, Compassion

  8 Copy quote

• It is important to have determination and optimism and patience. If you lack patience, even when you face some small obstacle, you lose courage. There is a Tibetan saying, "Even if you have failed at something nine times, you have still given it effort nine times." I think that's important. Use your brain to analyze the situation. Do not rush through it, but think. Once you decide what to do about that obstacle, then there's a possibility that you will achieve your goal.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Graduation, Determination

  Emory University commencement speech, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1998.

  7 Copy quote

• Anger is the real destroyer of our good human qualities; an enemy with a weapon cannot destroy these qualities, but anger can. Anger is our real enemy.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Real, Cancer

  7 Copy quote

• Being concerned about other people is especially relevant in today's world. If we consider the complex inter-connected ness of our modern lives, how we depend on others and others depend on us, our outlook will change. We’ll begin to see 'others' not as somehow distant from us, but as people we are in touch with, people close to us; we will no longer feel indifferent to them.

  Dalai Lama

  Change, Buddhist, Buddhism

  11 Copy quote

• Peace does not come through prayer, we human beings must create peace.

  Dalai Lama

  Prayer, Doe, Humans

  8 Copy quote

• I always tell my Western friends that it is best to keep your own tradition. Changing religion is not easy and sometimes causes confusion. You must value your tradition and honor your own religion.

  Dalai Lama

  Spiritual, Confusion, Honor

  7 Copy quote

• We need material development, but we need to understand that by itself it doesn't bring peace of mind.

  Dalai Lama

  Honesty, Mind, Needs

  7 Copy quote

• Once a year go somewhere you have never been before.

  Dalai Lama

  Travel, Years, Travel The World

  7 Copy quote

• It is very rare or almost impossible that an event can be negative from all points of view.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Motivational, Views

  9 Copy quote

• Today, the world is so small and so interdependent that the concept of war has become anachronistic, an outmoded approach. As a rule, we always talk about reform and changes. Among the old traditions, there are many aspects that are either ill-suited to our present reality or are counterproductive due to their shortsightedness. These, we have consigned to the dustbin of history. War too should be relegated to the dustbin of history.

  Dalai Lama

  Peace, War, Reality

  11 Copy quote

• The more we feel concern for others and seek their well-being, the more friends we will have and the more welcome we will feel.

  Dalai Lama

  Concern For Others, Welcome, Well Being

  10 Copy quote

• It is expressions of affection rather than money and power that attract real friends.

  Dalai Lama

  Real, Expression, Affection

  8 Copy quote

• 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.

  34 Copy quote

• The best way of fulfilling your own interest is to take care of others.

  Dalai Lama

  Care, Way, Interest

  7 Copy quote

• Compassion
  is not helpless
  pity, but an
  awareness and
  determination
  that demands
  action.

  Dalai Lama

  Determination, Compassion, Demand

  7 Copy quote

You May Also Like:

Mahatma Gandhi

Desmond Tutu

Gautama Buddha

Gautama Buddha

Nhat Hanh

Billie Holiday

Heinrich Harrer

Dalai Lama