14th Dalai Lama

Seek to be an oasis of caring and concern as you live your life.

14th Dalai Lama

Self satisfaction alone cannot determine if a desire or action is positive or negative. The demarcation between a positive and a negative desire or action is not whether it gives you a immediate feeling of satisfaction, but whether it ultimately results in positive or negative consequences.

14th Dalai Lama

Since loving kindness is the basis of a happy life, It’s my number one commitment to promote awareness of the importance of warm-heartedness.

14th Dalai Lama

Since we desire the true happiness that is brought about by a calm mind, and such peace of mind arises only from having a compassionate attitude, we need to make a concerted effort to develop compassion.

14th Dalai Lama

So long as we are under the control of disturbing emotions, real happiness is hard to find.

14th Dalai Lama

So many of our problems arise because, in our naive untrained state, we confuse our thoughts with actual reality. We seize on the content of our thoughts as real and build our entire perception and response to reality on it.

14th Dalai Lama

So the smart brain must be balanced with a warm heart, a good heart – a sense of responsibility, of concern for the well-being of others.

14th Dalai Lama

Some people consider the practice of love and compassion is only related to religious practice and if they are not interested in religion they neglect these inner values. But love and compassion are qualities that human beings require just to live together.

14th Dalai Lama

Some scientists believe climate change is the cause of unprecedented melting of the North Pole, and that effects these very uncertain weather patterns. I think we should listen to those scientists and experts.

14th Dalai Lama

Sometimes I am fascinated by the power of the human brain. Our human heart can produce such an altruistic state of mind, one that can hold others more dear than oneself. These things are really remarkable.

14th Dalai Lama