When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'
Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions.
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.
Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
Smile if you want a smile from another face.
In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision - Dalai Lama
A tree with strong roots can withstand the most violent storm, but the tree can't grow roots just as the storm appears on the horizon.- Dalai Lama
The greater the level of calmness of our mind, the greater our peace of mind, the greater our ability to enjoy a happy and joyful life. - Dalai Lama
Love and compassion benefit both ourselves and others. Through kindness to others, your heart and mind will be peaceful and open. - Dalai Lama
When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need. - Dalai Lama
When we are caught up in a destructive emotion, we lose one of our greatest assets: our independence.
The real destroyer of inner peace is fear and distrust. Fear develops frustration, frustration develops anger, anger develops violence.
When we are motivated by compassion and wisdom, the results of our actions benefit everyone, not just our individual selves or some immediate convenience. When we are able to recognize and forgive ignorant actions of the past, we gain strength to constructively solve the problems of the present.
True friendship develops not as a result of money or power but on the basis of genuine human affection.
Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.
The point of life is happiness.
Spend 5 minutes at the beginning of each day remembering we all want the same things (to be happy and be loved) and we are all connected to one another.
A simple smile. That's the start of opening your heart and being compassionate to others.
A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.