There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live. Dalai Lama More Quotes by Dalai Lama More Quotes From Dalai Lama It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance. Dalai Lama compassion practice spiritual Compassion automatically brings happiness and calmness. Then, even if you receive disturbing news, it will be easier to take, as your mind is still. Dalai Lama compassion spiritual mind Compassion naturally creates a positive atmosphere, and as a result you feel peaceful and content. Dalai Lama peaceful compassion inspirational All the world’s major religions, with their emphasis on love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness, can and do promote inner values. But the reality of the world today is that grounding ethics in religion is no longer adequate. This is why I believe the time has come to find a way of thinking about spirituality and ethics that is beyond religion. Dalai Lama love reality thinking Every religion emphasizes human improvement, love, respect for others, sharing other people's suffering. On these lines every religion had more or less the same viewpoint and the same goal. Dalai Lama compassion love people You are the people who are shaping a better world. One of the secrets of inner peace is the practice of compassion. Dalai Lama motivation compassion practice To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle. Dalai Lama victory battle compassion Internal peace is an essential first step to achieving peace in the world. How do you cultivate it? It's very simple. In the first place by realizing clearly that all mankind is one, that human beings in every country are members of one and the same family. Dalai Lama diversity simple country An affectionate disposition not only makes the mind more peaceful and calm, but it affects our body in a positive way too. Dalai Lama peaceful inspiration mind Human beings are of such nature that they should have not only material facilities but spiritual sustenance as well. Without spiritual sustenance, it is difficult to get and maintain peace of mind. Dalai Lama inspiration spiritual should-have I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Dalai Lama contentment inspirational believe My message is the practice of compassion, love and kindness. Dalai Lama compassion inspiration kindness Delusions are states of mind which, when they arise within our mental continuum, leave us disturbed, confused and unhappy. Therefore, those states of mind which delude or afflict us are called 'delusions.' Dalai Lama karma confused mind We can never obtain peace in the world if we neglect the inner world and don't make peace with ourselves. World peace must develop out of inner peace. Without inner peace it is impossible to achieve world peace, external peace. Weapons themselves do not act. They have not come out of the blue. Man has made them. But even given those weapons, those terrible weapons, they cannot act by themselves. As long as they are left alone in storage they cannot do any harm. A human being must use them. Someone must push the button. Satan, the evil powers, cannot push that button. Human beings must do it. Dalai Lama spiritual blue men We cannot hope to die peacefully if our lives have been full of violence, or if our minds have mostly been agitated by emotions like anger, attachment, or fear. So if we wish to die well, we must learn how to live well: Hoping for a peaceful death, we must cultivate peace in our mind, and in our way of life. Dalai Lama wish-to-die attachment death The death penalty fulfills a preventive function, but it is also very clearly a form of revenge. It is an especially severe form of punishment because it is so final. The human life is ended and the executed person is deprived of the opportunity to change, to restore the harm done or compensate for it. Dalai Lama punishment revenge opportunity Genuine happiness consists in those spiritual qualities of love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness and so on. For it is these which provide both for our happiness and others happiness. Dalai Lama compassion spiritual happiness Since periods of great change, such as the present one, come so rarely in human history, it is up to each of us to make the best use of our time to help create a happier world. Dalai Lama use life world It is our enemies who provide us with the challenge we need to develop the qualities of tolerance, patience and compassion. Dalai Lama tolerance compassion challenges Violence will only increase the cycle of violence. Dalai Lama increase violence justice
