Quotes By Dalai Lama
Spiritual Leader
Dalai Lama
Jul 06, 1935 - present
A truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change even if they behave negatively or hurt you.
World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just the mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.
Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.
When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways-either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.
Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that's very important for good health.
Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.
Be honest, truthful, and altruistic. If you concern yourself with taking care of others, there'll be no room for lies, bullying, and cheating. If you're truthful you can live transparently, which will enable you to establish trust, the basis for making friends.
Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
It is very rare or almost impossible that an event can be negative from all points of view.
Happiness is determined more by one's state of mind than by external events.
We need to learn how to want what we have, not to have what we want in order to get steady and stable happiness.
Sometimes things go wrong, that's normal, but we have a saying in Tibetan, 'Nine times fail, nine times try again.'
The more you nurture a feeling of loving kindness, the happier and calmer you will be.
There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
Everyone wants to lead a happy life. However, real happiness is not about having money or power, it's about achieving inner peace. If you have peace of mind, you'll be happy by night and day.
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