Quotes By Dalai Lama
It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries has shown.
Dalai Lama
We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.
Dalai Lama
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
I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted.
Dalai Lama
I think really, China, Chinese, I think they really have a long history of civilization, rich culture.
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Some mischievous people always there. Last several thousand years, always there. In future, also.
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It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.
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Wherever I go meeting the public... spreading a message of human values, spreading a message of harmony, is the most important thing.
Dalai Lama
There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
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As long as I am alive, I am fully committed to amity between Tibetans and Chinese. Otherwise there's no use.
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If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.
Dalai Lama
Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.
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Generally speaking, if a human being never shows anger, then I think something's wrong. He's not right in the brain.
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World belongs to humanity, not this leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity.
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Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.
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Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute.
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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.
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The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.
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