675 Quotes by Dalai Lama XIV

Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.

God exists or God does not exist. Leave it for us. Your task is to learn how to live peacefully.

True enlightenment is nothing but the nature of one’s own self being fully realized.

We can change society, change humanity by changing ourselves as individuals. By cultivating inner values, we can change our own lives and those of our families. This is how we can create a more peaceful world.

The reality today is that we are all interdependent and have to co-exist on this small planet. Therefore, the only sensible and intelligent way of resolving differences and clashes of interests, whether between individuals or nations, is through dialogue.

The more we are concerned for the well being of others, the closer we will feel to each other.

We must cultivate a universal responsibility toward each other and extend it to the planet that we have to share.

A zero itself is nothing, but without a zero you cannot count anything; therefore, a zero is something, yet zero.

The question of world peace, the question of family peace, the question of peace between wife and husband, or peace between parents and children, everything is dependent on that feeling of love and warmheartedness.