Category Quotations

Dalai Lama says:  “Do not try to use what you learn from Buddhism to be a Buddhist; use it to be a better whatever-you-already-are.”

Dalai Lama says:  “Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.”

Dalai Lama says: “Developing inner values is much like physical exercise. The more we train our abilities, the stronger they become. The difference is that, unlike the body, when it comes to training the mind, there is no limit to…

Dalai Lama says: “Despite all philosophical differences, all major world religions have the same potential to create good human beings”

Dalai Lama says: “Cultivate the understanding that the self is not really an independently existing entity, and begin to view self instead in terms of it’s dependent relation to others. Although it is difficult to say that merely reflecting on…

Dalai Lama says: “Compassion can be roughly defined in terms of a state of mind that is nonviolent, nonharming, and nonaggressive. It is a mental attitude based on the wish for others to be free of their suffering and is…

Dalai Lama says: “Blessing must arise from within your own mind. It is not something that comes from outside. When the positive qualities of your mind increase and the negativities decrease, that is what blessing means. The Tibetan word for…

Dalai Lama says: “Blessings don’t come from outside, but from within. Whatever blessings we receive are the result of our own efforts and positive actions.”

Dalai Lama says: “Because we all share an identical need for love, it is possible to feel that anybody we meet, in whatever circumstances, is a brother or sister.”

Dalai Lama says: “As free human beings we can use our unique intelligence to try to understand ourselves and our world. But if we are prevented from using our creative potential, we are deprived of one of the basic characteristics…