14th Dalai Lama

Certain beliefs must accompany every action: One should act without selfishness, cultivate compassion for all living things, and develop respect for others.

14th Dalai Lama

Change, on the infinitesimal level, is accompanied in our mind by an appearance of continuity. Yet the continuity thus perceived is illusory. For nothing remains the same, and no two consecutive instants are alike.

14th Dalai Lama

China has to go along with world trends. That’s democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward.

14th Dalai Lama

Compassion and love give meaning to our activities and makes them constructive.

14th Dalai Lama

Compassion is a mental quality that can bring us true lasting inner peace and inner strength.

14th Dalai Lama

Compassion is concern of others’ well being.

14th Dalai Lama

Compassion is of little value if it just remains an idea. It must motivate how we respond to others and be reflective in all our thoughts and actions.

14th Dalai Lama

Compassion, forgiveness, these are the real, ultimate sources of power for peace and success in life.

14th Dalai Lama

Contemplating the suffering which is unbearable to us, and is unbearable to others, too, can produce awake mind, which arises from the compassion that wishes to free all living beings from suffering.

14th Dalai Lama

Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. This helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter.

14th Dalai Lama