675 Quotes by Dalai Lama XIV

We need to learn how to want what we have NOT to have what we want in order to get steady and stable Happiness.

Compassion is the wish to see others free from suffering.

We are all basically the same human beings, who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering. Everybody is my peer group. Your feeling “I am of no value” is wrong. Absolutely wrong.

In order to lead a meaningful life, you need to cherish others, pay attention to human values and try to cultivate inner peace.

Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness .

I believe the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in that religion or this religion, we are all seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness...

All good qualities must be sown and cultivated. We can’t expect to change overnight from an ordinary person into one with high realizations.

Human potential is the same for all. Your feeling, “I am of no value”, is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving yourself. We all have the power of thought- so what are you lacking? If you have willpower, then you can change anything. It is usually said that you are your own master.

If there is a solution to a problem, there is no need to worry. And if there is no solution, there is no need to worry.