675 Quotes by Dalai Lama XIV

Consider that not only do negative thoughts and emotions destroy our experience of peace, they also undermine our health.

In our concern for others, we worry less about ourselves.

We need to take action to develop compassion, to create inner peace within ourselves and to share that inner peace with our family and friends. Peace and warm-heartednes s can then spread through the community just as ripples radiate out across the water when you drop a pebble into a pond.

True change is within. Leave the outside as it is.

Every morning when I wake up, I dedicate myself to helping others to find peace of mind. Then, when I meet people, I think of them as long term friends; I don’t regard others as strangers.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy. We live in hope, which means looking forward to something good. And there are increasing scientific findings that both our physical and mental well-being depend on our peace of mind.

Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free. True peace with oneself and with the world around us can only be achieved through the development of mental peace.

If we have a positive mental attitude, then even when surrounded by hostility, we shall not lack inner peace.

If we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster!