Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama Quotes

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Unlike an external enemy, the inner enemy cannot regroup and launch a comeback once it has been destroyed from within.

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
A generous heart and wholesome actions lead to greater peace.

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
All religions are essentially the same in their goal of developing a good human heart so that we may become better human beings.

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
Human potential is the same for all. If you have will power, then you can change anything.

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
There is often a big disparity between the way in which we perceive things and the way things really are.

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
I have come to the conclusion that whether or not a person is a religious believer does not matter. Far more important is that they be a good human being.

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
Whether we are rich or poor,
educated or uneducated,
whatever our nationality, colour,
social status or ideology may be,
the purpose of our lives is to be happy

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
Inner darkness, which we call ignorance, is the root of suffering. The more inner light that comes, the more darkness will diminish. This is the only way to achieve salvation or nirvana.

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease.

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each of us individually.

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
The rationale for loving others is the recognition of the simple fact that every living being has the same right to and the same desire for happiness, and not suffering, and the consideration that you as one individual are one life unit as compared with the mulititude of others in their ceaseless quest for happiness.

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
We can wake ourselves up, discover in ourselves an energy that was hidden there, and act with more clarity, more force.

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
How can we eliminate the deepest source of all unsatisfactory experience? Only by cultivating certain qualities within our mindstream.

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
We are the creators of our own happiness and suffering, for everything originates in the mind.

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
We can benefit others through our actions by being warm and generous toward them, by being charitable, and by helping those in need.

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
You can develop the right attitude toward others if you have kindness, love and respect for them, and a clear realization of the oneness of all human beings.

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
I request you to try to be warm-hearted. I ask this of you because these mental attitudes actually bring us happiness.

Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama