Dalai Lama, Tibetan Leader, Born July 6, 1935
1- Happiness is not something ready-made. It
comes from your own actions.
2- If you can, help others; if you cannot do
that, at least do not harm them.
3- If you want others to be happy, practice
compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
4- My religion is very simple. My religion is
kindness.
5- Remember that not getting what you want is
sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
6- The ultimate authority must always rest
with the individual’s own reason and critical analysis.
7- We can live without religion and
meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.
8- We can never obtain peace in the outer
world until we make peace with ourselves.
9- Be kind whenever possible. It is always
possible.
10- If you have fear of some pain or
suffering, you should examine whether there is anything you can do about it. If
you can, there is no need to worry about it; if you cannot do anything, then
there is also no need to worry.
11- If you don’t love yourself, you cannot
love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for
yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others.
12- Human potential is the same for all. Your
feeling, “I am of no value”, is wrong. Absolutely wrong. You are deceiving
yourself. We all have the power of thought – so what are you lacking? If you
have willpower, then you can change anything. It is usually said that you are
your own master.
13- We must recognize that the suffering of
one person or one nation is the suffering of humanity. That the happiness of
one person or nation is the happiness of humanity.
14- Through violence, you may ‘solve’ one
problem, but you sow the seeds for another.
15- As people alive today, we must consider
future generations: a clean environment is a human right like any other. It is
therefore part of our responsibility toward others to ensure that the world we
pass on is as healthy, if not healthier, than we found it.
16- To conquer oneself is a greater victory
than to conquer thousands in a battle.
17- There is a saying in Tibetan, “Tragedy
should be utilized as a source of strength.”
No matter what sort of difficulties, how
painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster.
18- The creatures that inhabit this earth-be
they human beings or animals-are here to contribute, each in its own particular
way, to the beauty and prosperity of the world.
19- 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.
20- In our struggle for freedom, truth is the
only weapon we possess.
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