Inspirational Quotations by The 14th Dalai Lama

  • When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
    Topic: Learning
    From Issue 127
  • If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
    If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
    From Issue 137
  • 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.
    From Issue 218
  • Follow the three Rs:
    Respect for self,
    Respect for others and
    Responsibility for all your actions.
    From Issue 260
  • When we feel love and kindness toward others,
    it not only makes others feel loved and cared for,
    but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.
    From Issue 293
  • I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultivation of altruism, of love and compassion and elimination of ignorance, selfishness and greed.
    From Issue 331
  • If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
    Topics: Happiness, Kindness
    From Issue 331
  • All major religions, when understood properly, have the same potential for good.
    From Issue 331
  • Reason well from the beginning and then there will never be any need to look back with confusion and doubt.
    From Issue 331
  • Inner peace is the key: if you have inner peace, the external problems do not affect your deep sense of peace and tranquility.
    From Issue 331
  • Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.
    From Issue 331
  • Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.
    From Issue 331
  • From the moment of birth every human being wants happiness and freedom and wants to avoid suffering. In this we are all the same; and the more we care for the happiness of others the greater our own sense of each other becomes.
    From Issue 331
  • Because we all share this small planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. That is not just a dream, but a necessity.
    From Issue 331
  • Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself. It is wrong to expect some final satisfaction to come from money or from a computer.
    From Issue 331
  • We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.
    From Issue 420
  • The foundation of the Buddha's teachings lies in compassion, and the reason for practicing the teachings is to wipe out the persistence of ego, the number-one enemy of compassion.
    From Issue 437
  • The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
    From Issue 447

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