Dalai Lama Quotes

You can find people who have discovered the fact that it's really helping people, it's really being compassionate toward other human beings that makes you happy, that gives you a spiritual fulfillment - a kind of fulfillment that goes way beyond anything you can buy.

The end of all knowledge should be service to others.

I defy anybody to be of service to another human being and not have the most peaceful night of sleep you've had in a long, long time.

Action for Happiness encourages each of us to live more compassionately and put the happiness of others at the centre of our lives. This is the path to lasting peace and happiness

Love and Compassion are the true religions to me. But to develop this, we do not need to believe in any religion.

Those who have matured spiritually, now put service to others at the center of their quest and of their lives.

The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others.

Giving kids clothes and food is one thing, but it's much more important to teach them that other people besides themselves are important and that the best thing they can do with their lives is to use them in the service of other people.

Live for yourself and you will live in vain; Live for others, and you will live again.

The most acceptable service of God is doing good to man.

If you want to serve the universe, the obvious place to begin is right where you are. That's where I began. I looked at every situation I came into and wondered, 'What can I do to be of service in this situation?' Sometimes there was nothing I could do, but often there was - a helping hand, a word of cheer, a pleasant smile. Then, after I had given a lot, a most wonderful spiritual receiving began - giving me more to give.

Nothing of that which is conducive to help man, collectively or individually, to live not "happily" but less unhappily in this world, ought to be indifferent to the Theosophist-Occultist. It is no concern of his whether his help benefits a man in his worldly or spiritual progress; his first duty is to be ever ready to help if he can, without stopping to philosophize.

On human levels of consciousness one may emphasize getting and having as the prime goals, in spiritual consciousness he seeks the way of giving and being.

Throwing away Zen mind is correct Zen mind. Only keep the question, 'What is the best way of helping other people?'

The highest distinction is service to others.

Spiritual strength frequently comes through selfless service.

Being of service to others is what brings true happiness.

When you give up yourself, that's when you will feel the true spirit of Christmas. And that's giving that's serving others and that's when you feel fulfilled.

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

I was told by my grandfather who was a minister that we all were put here on earth to be of service to one another, and it is quite gratifying to know that if I am able to be of help to one that is not able to help themselves then I am fulfilling my obligation as a human being.

No definition of a quality life does not include service to others.

I read the Gospel, and saw there that a great means of reaching perfection was the selling of one's goods, the sharing of them with the poor, the giving up of all care for this life, and the refusal to allow the soul to be turned by any sympathy towards things of earth

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind should we serve?

The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people.

The end of all education should surely be service to others