If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
As quoted in Meditations for Living in Balance (2000)
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The 14th Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhist leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
7 quotes, 5 traced to where Lama said or wrote them.
Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.
As quoted in Words of Wisdom (2001)
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness (1990)
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.
The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness (1990)
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 one of us individually.
Nobel Peace Prize lecture (1989)
Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself.
The Path to Tranquility (1998)
It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance.
Ocean of Wisdom (1989)