Famous Quotes From Dalai Lama 02

1. All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment.
2. Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops... If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship?
3. The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.
4. 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.
5. We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
6. We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.
7. There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive.
8. 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.
9. As a human being, anger is a part of our mind. Irritation also part of our mind. But you can do - anger come, go. Never keep in your sort of - your inner world, then create a lot of suspicion, a lot of distrust, a lot of negative things, more worry.
10. 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.
11. If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.
12. The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
13. Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.
14. I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.
15. I think the self-burning itself on practice of non-violence. These people, you see, they easily use bomb explosive, more casualty people. But they didn't do that. Only sacrifice their own life. So this also is part of practice of non-violence.
16. Physical comforts cannot subdue mental suffering, and if we look closely, we can see that those who have many possessions are not necessarily happy. In fact, being wealthy often brings even more anxiety.
17. When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others.
18. Today different ethnic groups and different nations come together due to common sense.
19. Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties.
20. World belongs to humanity, not this leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity.
21. My main concern is meeting with public because my main commitment, main interest is promotion of human value, human affection, compassion and religious harmony.
22. Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
23. Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
24. Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute.
25. Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.