The way to overcome negative thoughts and destructive emotions is to develop opposing, positive emotions that are stronger and more powerful. Dalai Lama More Quotes by Dalai Lama More Quotes From Dalai Lama We are all basically the same human beings, who seek happiness and try to avoid suffering. Everybody is my peer group. Your feeling "I am of no value" is wrong. Absolutely wrong. Dalai Lama essence suffering feelings If an individual has a calm state of mind, Dalai Lama views mind attitude Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe. Dalai Lama command believe people To be extremely self-centred, only interested in your own satisfaction, always brings negative consequences in the long run. Dalai Lama self running long We must recognize that all beings want the same thing we want. This is the way to achieve a true understanding, unfettered by artificial consideration. Dalai Lama understanding want desire For discovering one's true inner nature, I think one should try to take out some time, with quiet and relaxation, to think more inwardly and to investigate the inner world. That may help. Dalai Lama relaxation discovery thinking Under the bright sun, many of us are gathered together with different languages, different styles of dress, even different faiths. However, all of us are the same in being humans, and we all uniquely have the thought of 'I' and we're all the same in wanting happiness and in wanting to avoid suffering. Dalai Lama style ego suffering Wisdom is the best guide and faith is the best companion. Dalai Lama companion guides guidance Everyone wants to be happy; happiness is a right. And while on a secondary level differences exist of nationality, faith, family background, social status and so on, more important is that on a human level we are the same. None of us wants to face problems, and yet we create them by stressing our differences. If we see each other just as fellow human beings, there'll be no basis for fighting or conflict between us. Dalai Lama differences stress fighting There should be pluralism - the concept of many religions, many truths. But we must also be careful not to become nihilistic. Dalai Lama pluralism be-careful should Many people and companies only have one goal: money, money, and more money. Greed is ok when you let others profit from it, but greed for oneself is bad, it makes you ill. Dalai Lama greed goal people Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute. Dalai Lama appearance reality way Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy. Dalai Lama hardships-and-success very-happy hardship Today different ethnic groups and different nations come together due to common sense. Dalai Lama common-sense together today 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. Dalai Lama running long country Number of people have said to me, after hearing your thinking, their mind becomes much more happier. Dalai Lama numbers people thinking I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passes away. Dalai Lama passing-away struggle views There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. Dalai Lama buddhism technique meditation I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less. Dalai Lama buddhist monk simple I want to be just a pure spiritual leader. Dalai Lama leader spiritual want
