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Inner values like friendship, trust, honesty and compassion are much more reliable than money - they always bring happiness and strength.
Other human beings have a right to peace and happiness that is equal to our own; therefore we have a responsibility to help those in need.
Without love we could not survive. Human beings are social creatures, and a concern for each other is the very basis of our life together.
China can keep her troops on the external frontiers of Tibet, and Tibetans will pledge to accept the appropriate form of union with China.
We can solve many problems in an appropriate way, without any difficulty, if we cultivate harmony, friendship and respect for one another.
All forms of violence, especially war, are totally unacceptable as means to settle disputes between and among nations, groups and persons.
There should be a balance between material and spiritual progress, a balance achieved through the principles based on love and compassion.
When we develop a right attitude of compassion and gratitude, we take a giant step towards solving our personal and international problems
We need to understand how destructive emotions affect us and constructive emotions can help us, so that we can maintain our peace of mind.
In the modern world, the interests of a particular community can no longer be considered to lie within the confines of its own boundaries.
If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience.
I do not understand men. They spend their lives to use their health to make money and then they spend their money to restore their health.
To reduce destructive emotions we need to strengthen constructive emotions. For example, to counter anger we cultivate love and compassion.
Death means change our clothes. Clothes become old, then time to come change. So this body become old, and then time come, take young body.
One scientist had discussions about love and compassion. Usually, he felt irritation. After our meeting, for some months, anger never come.
I remain convinced that most human conflicts can be solved through genuine dialogue conducted with a spirit of openness and reconciliation.
If you make your best effort to be kinder, nurture compassion, make the world a better place, then you can say 'At least I've done my best.
Feelings of anger, bitterness, and hate are negative. If I kept those inside me, they would spoil my body and my health. The are of no use.
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
The message of love and compassion will travel far and wide if all who follow a spiritual path work together in harmony and mutual respect.
If you shift your focus from oneself to others, and think more about others' well-being and welfare, it has an immediate liberating effect.
Scientists are discovering that while anger and hatred eat into our immune system, warm-heartedness and compassion are good for our health.
If someone does not smile at you, be generous and offer your own smile. Nobody needs a smile more than the one that cannot smile to others.
There must be a way of promoting human values without involving religion, based on common sense, experience and recent scientific findings.
I want to show that there are indeed some universal ethical principles which could help everyone to achieve the happiness we all aspire to.
Anger may bring extra energy, but it eclipses the best part of our brain: its rationality. The energy of anger is almost always unreliable.
Once you encourage the thought of compassion in your mind, once it becomes active, then your attitude towards others changes automatically.
The most important thing is transforming our minds, for a new way of thinking, a new outlook: we should strive to develop a new inner world.
Some people, sweet and attractive, and strong and healthy, happen to die young. They are masters in disguise teaching us about impermanence.
We often add to our pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, over-reacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally.
We must each lead a way of life with self-awareness and compassion, to do as much as we can. Then, whatever happens we will have no regrets.
Looking at the pattern of our existence from birth to death, we can see the way in which we are fundamentally nurtured by other's affection.
All good qualities must be sown and cultivated. We can’t expect to change overnight from an ordinary person into one with high realizations.
The way to overcome negative thoughts and destructive emotions is to develop opposing, positive emotions that are stronger and more powerful.
My overriding belief is that it is always possible for criminals to improve and that by its very finality the death penalty contradicts this.
In Buddhism, ignorance as the root cause of suffering refers to a fundamental misperception of the true nature of the self and all phenomena.
Peace isn't the mere absence of violence; peace must come from inner peace. And inner peace comes from taking others’ interests into account.
But when it comes to democratic political parties, I prefer that monks and nuns not join them - in order to ensure proper democratic practice.
It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries has shown.
All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment.
In my childhood, I had a religious assistant who always told me, if you can really laugh with full abandonment, it's very good for your health.
For a better, happier, more stable and civilized future, each of us must develop a sincere, warm-hearted feeling of brotherhood and sisterhood.
If an individual has a calm state of mind, that person's attitudes and views will be calm and tranquil even in the presence of great agitation.
We have to have some form of politics. Politics is a form of resolving conflicts. Politics which comes from sincere motivation is constructive.
A spoon cannot taste of the food it carries. Likewise, a foolish man cannot understand the wise man´s wisdom even if he associates with a sage.
World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.
Because we all share an identical need for love, it is possible to feel that anybody we meet, in whatever circumstances, is a brother or sister.
Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.
A balanced and skillful approach to life, taking care to avoid extremes, becomes a very important factor in conducting one's everyday existence.
A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals the secret of some hidden treasure.